last resort
Noun
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Noun
last resort (plural last resorts)
- (idiomatic) The only remaining, often least-desirable, option when all others have been excluded.
- I wouldn't recommend doing surgery on yourself, unless it is a last resort.
- French: dernier recours
- German: letztes Mittel, letzter Ausweg
- Italian: ultima risorsa, ultima spiaggia
- Portuguese: último/derradeiro recurso, última instância
- Russian: после́дняя наде́жда
- Spanish: ultima esperanza, unica forma, último recurso, última instancia
- last refuge
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