if/when all else fails

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: if/when everything else one has attempted has failed

He only bothers to read the directions if/when all else fails.

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Hey, if all else fails, at least a Super Mario Bros. sequel is in the works. —

Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024 Nicole Hynson normally gets roped in to help when all else fails. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 And finally, if all else fails and the account holder has a YouTube account up and running, many users have found that contacting YouTube support, including the by way of social media, has often resulted in them being given direct help to recover the account where all has appeared lost. —

Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 And if all else fails, the plane has a manually deployable airframe parachute. —

Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for if/when all else fails

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