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least resistance

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Noun1.least resistance - the least effortful way to do something
least effort
elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"


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--will you enter this carriage, and that without offering the least resistance, without making the least noise?
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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
There is a point of last, as well as one of least resistance, and I had reached both points at once.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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