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1. Have recourse to
   "The government resorted to rationing meat";
   - fall back, recur
    
2. Move, travel, or proceed toward some place
   "He resorted to his cabin in the woods";
   - repair

1. A hotel located in a resort area
   - resort hotel, holiday resort
    
2. A frequently visited place
   - haunt, hangout [informal], repair, stamping ground [informal], stomping ground [N. Amer]
    
3. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security
   "his only resort was the police";
   - recourse, refuge
    
4. Act of turning to for assistance
   "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort";
   - recourse, refuge, appeal

Derived forms: resorted, resorting, resorts

Type of: aid, apply, area, assist, assistance, country, employ, go, help, hotel, locomote, move, resource, travel, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Part of: playground, resort area, vacation spot

Encyclopedia: Resort