resort to

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 of resort to consult, go (to), refer (to), turn (to) Words Related to resort to 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 of resort to affect, habituate, hang (at), haunt, frequent (to), visitWords Related to resort to 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 of resort to dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shakeAntonyms of resort to avoid, shun