LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line of least resistance mean? 

• LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE (noun)
  The noun LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE has 1 sense:

1. the easiest way

  Familiarity information: LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The easiest way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

line of least resistance; path of least resistance

Context example:

In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance

Hypernyms ("line of least resistance" is a kind of...):

fashion (characteristic or habitual practice)

 Context examples 

All day I turned these facts over in my mind, endeavouring to hit upon some theory which could reconcile them all, and to find that line of least resistance which my poor friend had declared to be the starting-point of every investigation.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Moreover, these are only to prevent her coming out; they may not prevail on her wanting to get in; for then the Un-Dead is desperate, and must find the line of least resistance, whatsoever it may be.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)