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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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