last expedient

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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

The hopelessness of their situation was without resource—without mitigation; they had exhausted their last expedient.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

If for any reason this last expedient does not succeed, must we despair for this evening?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various

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

Instances have occurred of a tiger being caught by one of the former modes, which had many marks in his body of the partial success of this last expedient.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William