take the line of least resistance



take the line/path of least resistance

to act in the way which will be easiest because you will not have to argue with other people about it You could always take the line of least resistance and go with the majority vote.
See also: least, line, of, resistance, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alexandrea-lek-SAWNDR (French), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Portuguese), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Brazilian Portuguese), a-le-SHAN-dre (Galician)French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
KaliKAH-lee (Hinduism)Hinduism, Bengali, Tamil
GÜLden-Turkish
Marija-Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Eilionoir-Scottish
Mithradatha-Ancient Persian