line of least resistance

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the course of action that will cause least trouble or effort. Jane won't stand up for her rights. She always takes the line of least resistance. Joan never states her point of view. She takes the line of least resistance and agrees with everyone else.

See also: least, line, resistance

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This time, without reasoning it out, merely moving along the line of least resistance, which was to him the line of greatest comfort, he straightened out in the sea and continued so to swim as to remain straightened out. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context They may not prevail on her wanting to get in, for then the UnDead is desperate, and must find the line of least resistance, whatsoever it may be. Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context 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 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			like the devil like the wind like there's no tomorrow like to hear oneself talk like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow like turkeys voting for Christmas like water off a duck's back like wildfire like, you know likely likely as not liken to likes of Likewise liking lily lily-livered lily-white limb limber up limelight limit limit to limp-wristed line line of least resistance line on line own pocket line pockets line up line up against line up alongside line up behind line up for line up in line up on line up with line with linen linger linger around linger on linger over link link to link up link up to lion lion's share of lions lip			line of electrostatic induction line of elevation Line of Engagement Line of Equal Bearing line of fall line of fate line of fire line of fire line of fixation line of flight line of flight line of flight line of flux line of force line of force line of force line of force line of force line of gab line of goods line of gravity line of heart line of impact line of impact Line of incidence line of inquiry line of inquiry line of latitude line of latitude Line of Learning line of least resistance Line of levels Line of levels line of life Line of light Line of light Line of light Line of lines line of longitude line of magnetic induction line of march line of merchandise Line of nodes Line of nodes line of observation line of occlusion line of occlusion line of occlusion line of occlusion line of occlusion Line of Operation Line of Operation 7 - Doctrine Line of Operation 8 - Force Development Line of operations line of poetry Line of position Line of position line of pressure line of proceeding line of products line of questioning

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