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PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does path of least resistance mean?
• PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE (noun)
The noun PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE has 1 sense:
1. the easiest way
Familiarity information: PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PATH 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 ("path of least resistance" is a kind of...):
fashion (characteristic or habitual practice)
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