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falls back on

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Main Entry: draw on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: use to advantage

Synonyms:

effect, employ, exploit, extract, fall back on, have recourse to, make use of, rely on, require, take from
Main Entry: resort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have recourse to; make use of

Synonyms:

address, affect, apply, avail oneself of, benefit by, bring into play, devote, direct, employ, exercise, fall back on, frequent, go, go to, haunt, head for, look to, make use of, put to use, recur, recur to, refer to, repair, run, take up, try, turn, turn to, use, utilize, visit
Notes: recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!)

Antonyms:

avoid, dodge
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