as a last resort

Synonyms

at the worst

Examples

If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice. Alan Dershowitz

Designers should only innovate as a last resort. Charles Eames

There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public. Lora Leigh

Words in the phrase

as a last resort

Close letter words and terms

as a job as a joke as a lamb to the slaughter as a lever as a material witness as a matter of choice