resort to
phrasal verb
resorted to; resorting to; resorts to
: to do or use (something) especially because no other choices are possible
He had to resort to asking his parents for money.
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Instead of continuing to focus on tariffing goods, China has chosen to resort to other measures, including steps targeting the American services sector.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Some people glamorized certain revolutionary kinds of characters willing to resort to violence.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
Imposing tariff hikes, resorting to pressure and coercion, these are not the right way to engage with China.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, resorting to murder to get their multimillion-dollar inheritances before being cut out of their parents’ will.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Some people glamorized certain revolutionary kinds of characters willing to resort to violence.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
Imposing tariff hikes, resorting to pressure and coercion, these are not the right way to engage with China.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, resorting to murder to get their multimillion-dollar inheritances before being cut out of their parents’ will.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Resort to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resort%20to. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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