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be your last resort

Definition

C2 to be the only person or thing that might be able to help you, when every other person or possibility has failed: You have to help me - you're my last resort.Helping and co-operating
(Definition of be your last resort from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)