resort
/ɹɪˈzɔɹt/ verb C1- To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- To fall back; to revert.
- To make one's way, go (to).
He/she/it resorts · Past resorted · Past participle resorted · -ing form resorting
Verb forms
- Base form
- resort
- He/she/it
- resorts
- Past
- resorted
- Past participle
- resorted
- -ing form
- resorting
From the library
She resorted to all her tricks to get at them, but wearied herself in vain, for she could not reach them.
A LION, greatly desiring to capture a Bull, and yet afraid to attack him on account of his great size, resorted to a trick to ensure his destruction.
“And will you engage not to do any harm to the sentry, except as a last resort?”
“I say that Monte Cristo is an island in the midst of the Mediterranean, without inhabitants or garrison, the resort of smugglers of all nations, and pirates of every flag.
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