to resort
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4.8
- verb
- /rɪˈzɔrt/
:
recurrir a
- You shouldn't have to resort to this.
- resort to violence
- resort to force
- resort to other means
Apparently they have to resort to eating children.
- Apparently they have to resort to eating children.
- To do that, they have to resort to much more coercive strike tactics.
- I mean, you could just resort to violence to get out.
- Not having found lasting satisfaction, he resorts to the surrogate of self adornment.
- You know, if you had solid evidence, you would not resort to this type of nonsense.
- So he resorts to fake crying to try to make her feel bad.
- And he seems to have resorted to some kind of vigilantism.
Examples
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You know, if you had solid evidence, you would not resort to this type of nonsense.
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But I'm sure it can be resolved... - Without resorting to violence.
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We got shut down, so we're going to resort to Plan B.
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Why did you resort to breaking into the pantry?
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I didn't want to resort to violence.
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Why did you resort to deceit?
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But now that we have these more handy, we don't have to resort to such extremes.
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I don't want to resort to threats, Mr Harley.
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Due to growing frustrations, they resorted to draconian measures, including mining trade routes throughout the area.
Academic text (2011) -
Since we ran out of time, we had to resort to submitting our project incomplete.
Synonyms
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4.3
To use something for help when other options fail
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Etymology
Resort as a verb comes from old French re- 'again' + sortir 'to go out', so to resort to something is to 'turn to' it again, usually to find a solution.