last resort

1. A final expedient or recourse to achieve some end or settle a difficulty. For example, If you don't improve, we'll try this new medication as a last resort. This term originally referred to a court of law from which there was no appeal. [Late 1600s]

Example Sentences

But for the men’s side, it is the home of last resort—and could be for a few weeks.

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A spokesperson for the Local Government Association said councils had "a duty to residents to collect taxes" and that bailiffs and other enforcement were "a last resort".

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But Kogan stressed that forcing owners to sell clubs would be treated as a "last resort" and the regulator would prefer to work with them.

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Lecornu – the ultimate Macron loyalist – was seen as his last resort, but now he too has failed.

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The three countries said they had "no choice" but to bring back the sweeping measures against Tehran "as a last resort" over its "continued nuclear escalation" and lack of cooperation.

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