path of least resistance

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   the easiest way

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

   Synonymsline of least resistance

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Questions about path of least resistance

What does path of least resistance mean?

path of least resistance means "the easiest way".

What is another word for path of least resistance?

Close synonyms include line 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 path of least resistance a common word?

path 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.