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Noun: homestretch  'howm'strech
  1. The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line
    "The horse surged ahead in the homestretch";
    - home straight, home stretch, run-in
     
  2. The end of an enterprise
    "they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed";
    - home straight, home stretch

Derived forms: homestretches, home stretches

Type of: end, last, stretch

Encyclopedia: Homestretch