resistance

See: LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE.

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line of least resistance

[line of least resistance] or [path of least resistance] {n. phr.} The easiest way; the way that takes least effort. * /In becoming a doctor like his father John had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

least

[least] See: [AT LEAST], [IN THE LEAST], [LAST BUT NOT LEAST], [LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Friedrich Nietzsche

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance. www.sky-net-eye.com

mop up

[mop up] {v. phr.} To disperse or liquidate isolated groups or detachments of opposing forces. * /Our forces won the basic battle but there still remain pockets of resistance they […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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