resort to

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.

Examples of resort to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By contrast, colonial America was a highly literate society where 90% of the population could read and people were more likely to argue out their problems than resort to violence. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Election Day is less than three months away, and the administration has resorted to insisting the fundamentals of the economy are strong. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Some joke about singing Disney songs, others use software, and some have even resorted to physical tricks. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Several airports including in Paris and Amsterdam have temporarily switched off biometric collection and resorted to manual processing as a result of queues. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for resort to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue