last resort

Idioms

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

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One of six large wildfires burning in Utah, it severely damaged the Eagle Point ski resort in Beaver County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

The Dolomite ski resort of Cortina will play host to most of the action as it welcomes the wheelchair curling, para alpine skiing and para snowboarding.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

An eight-year-old Queensland girl has been killed after she was seriously injured in a snowmobile accident at a Japanese ski resort.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

They wanted to oust Horning, one of the last independent operators of a major Western ski resort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The people who first got to the crash scene were young Austrian ski instructors from the famous ski resort below.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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