line of least resistance

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   the easiest way

   “In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance”

   Synonymspath of least resistance

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Questions about line of least resistance

What does line of least resistance mean?

line of least resistance means "the easiest way".

What is another word for line of least resistance?

Close synonyms include path of least resistance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is line of least resistance a common word?

line of least resistance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.