DESPERATE MEASURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desperate measure mean? 

• DESPERATE MEASURE (noun)
  The noun DESPERATE MEASURE has 1 sense:

1. desperate actions taken as a means to an end

  Familiarity information: DESPERATE MEASURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESPERATE MEASURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Desperate actions taken as a means to an end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he had to resort to desperate measures

Hypernyms ("desperate measure" is a kind of...):

agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)