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resort verb administer, adopt, apply, avail oneself of, bring into play, call forth, employ, enlist, exercise, fall back upon, have recourse, look to, make use of, practice, press into service, put to use, try, turn to for help, turn to for support, use, utilize See also: contrivance, device, expedient, refuge, resource, stopgap RESORT. The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Crossing that boundary is not something to be done as a first resort, if ever. Causes cited by paramedic officials include overall population growth, especially among the elderly; more immigrants turning to the emergency system for health care; and rapid growth in the uninsured population that turns to the emergency system as a first resort. ``As a society, we must not tolerate the death penalty for our innocent wildlife as a first resort, but only as a means of last resort,'' she said. |
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