v.
(
resort to)
- turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
- formal go often or in large numbers to.
n.
- a place frequented for holidays or leisure activities.
- the action of resorting to something.
▸a course of action resorted to.
Phrase
- as a first
(or last or final)
resort
before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed).
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. resortir, from re- ‘again’ + sortir ‘come or go out’.