resort

resort to

verb

Definition of RESORT

1

to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage <unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence>

Synonyms consult, go (to), refer (to), turn (to)

Related Words employ, use, utilize; depend (on), rely (on)

Phrases fall back on

2

to go to or spend time in often <resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet>

Synonyms affect, habituate, hang (at), haunt, resort (to), visit

Related Words patronize; attend, take in; infest, invade, overrun, swarm; call (on or upon), drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (in), stop (in or by); camp (out in), sojourn (at), stay (at), stop (over), tarry (in)

Near Antonyms dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shake

Antonyms avoid, shun