last expedient

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By this last expedient he at once placed thirty feet of water between the boat and the Montauk, a space that the Arabs had no means of overcoming.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore

He had tried every imaginable remedy, and now, as a last expedient, was about to take her to her paternal home in the South, to see what native air might do.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

We try the last expedient first, and get nothing.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

It is the last expedient in the administration of penal laws; when it fails, the case is considered hopeless.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

But before having recourse to this last expedient I would make another attempt to go against the wind and the current.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof