last expedient

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John had to fall back upon his last expedient.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

Nay, on this second thought's rehearsing the last expedient seemed the better of the two, since thus the plot would come to naught and we would be the gainers by the capture of the powder.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

Then a last expedient suggested itself to his fertile mind.

From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray

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

We never guessed the real cause, never saw that he was driven to his last expedient, and obliged to prejudice all his hope of success by precipitancy.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James