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Last resort   /læst rɪzˈɔrt/   Listen
noun
Resort  n.  
1.
The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; often figuratively; as, to have resort to force. "Join with me to forbid him her resort."
2.
A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. "Far from all resort of mirth."
3.
That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.





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"Last resort" Quotes from Famous Books



... He had steeled himself against the hearing of some such words, and was determined not to be moved to argument or self-defence except as a last resort. ...
— Hyacinth - 1906 • George A. Birmingham
... and I never allowed myself to go longer than that without slumber, from fear of nervous disorder. From this statement it will be inferred that I had at my command some artificial means for inducing sleep in the last resort, and so in fact I had. If after two sleepless nights I found myself on the approach of the third without sensations of drowsiness, I called in ...
— Looking Backward - 2000-1887 • Edward Bellamy
... for the hand of the chief's own daughter, a quasi-widow, but the chief repulsed him because he had no horses. As a last resort the suitor appealed to the young woman herself, promising, if she favored him, that he would give her plenty of grease. This grease argument she was unable to resist, so she entreated her father to ...
— Primitive Love and Love-Stories • Henry Theophilus Finck
... was by to excuse and to protect. In vain Astier-Rehu scolded and snapped his jaw, a prominent feature which, in the days when he was a professor, had gained him the nickname of Crocodilus. In the last resort, he would threaten to pack his trunk and go back to ...
— The Immortal - Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 • Alphonse Daudet
... a throb of intense, overwhelming pride. The black flag had been overmatched by the good flag. In the last resort, those who lived right had proved themselves more than equal to those who lived wrong. Law and order were superior to piracy and chaos. Forgetful of his own safety, he hoped that the sloop would overtake the schooner, and obeying his impulse he uttered ...
— The Sun Of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis • Joseph A. Altsheler


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