in the last resort

Meaning

1. when there are no other possible courses of action

   In the last resort we can always walk home.

In the movies · 10

• And not as a last resort.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005
• I thought this was a shelter of last resort.The Batman2022
• Tear gas as a last resort only.Argo2012
• Let's try to use violence as a last resort.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• What should be a last resort is becoming a first response.Shutter Island2010
• It's an emergency escape chute. It's an option of last resort.Fahrenheit 9/112004
• - Last resort. - It's too loud.World War Z2013

From the same entry

• be on your last legs
• the day, week, month, before last
• every last
• have the last laugh
• your last gasp
• the last minute
• a last resort
• the last word
• in the final analysis
• his last breath
• famous last words
• at long last