last resorts
Only remaining choices
Last resorts are final options when everything else has failed.
The phrase almost always appears with modifiers emphasizing finality: Surgery should be a last resort, As a last resort, we called the police.
A resort is something you turn to for help, and a last resort is the one you reach for only when nothing else remains.
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- effortsApplied energy toward aims
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- alternativeAnother available choice
- measuresQuantifies or evaluates
lifeboat · emergency exit · break glass · SOS · moves · desperation · back against the wall · final straw · contingency plan · lesser evil · distress signal · escape route · substitute · Hail Mary · do or die · nuclear option · triage · actions
last resortsfirst choices
Initially preferred selections
top picks · favorites · default options · top priorities · front-runners
last resortssafe bets
Likely winning wagers
low-hanging fruit · no-brainers · slam dunks · path of least resistance
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