PIS ALLER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expedient adopted only in desperation

Example:

'pis aller' is French for 'worst going'

Synonyms:

last resort; pis aller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pis aller" is a kind of...):

expedient (a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one)

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