'Last resort' definitions:
Definition of 'last resort'
(from WordNet)
noun
An expedient adopted only in desperation; "`pis aller' is French for `worst going'" [syn: pis aller, last resort]
Definition of 'Last resort'
From: GCIDE
- Resort \Re*sort"\ (r?*z?rt"), n. [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction. See Resort, v.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Join with me to forbid him her resort. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. [1913 Webster]
- Far from all resort of mirth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. [1913 Webster]
- Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'last resort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- demarche,
- dernier ressort,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- expedient,
- gimmick,
- hope,
- improvisation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last shift,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- pis aller,
- recourse,
- resort,
- resource,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trump,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition