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pis aller

noun

1 pis aller

An expedient adopted only in desperation:
— `pis aller' is French for `worst going'.

synonym: last resort.

Roget 601: involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination.    necessity, necessitation; obligation; compulsion etc. ... show more


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