home stretch

See also: homestretch

English

Alternative forms

• homestretch

Pronunciation

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Noun

home stretch (plural home stretches)

1. The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish line.

   Synonym: home straight

2. (figurative, by extension) The final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish.

   Synonym: home straight

   I think we're finally on the home stretch with this project.

Translations

final stretch of a race

• Bulgarian: финална права f (finalna prava)
• Catalan: recta d'arribada f
• Czech: cílová rovinka f
• Estonian: lõpusirge
• Finnish: loppusuora (fi), maalisuora
• French: dernière ligne droite (fr) f
• German: Zielgerade (de) f
• Greek: τελική ευθεία f (telikí eftheía)
• Hungarian: célegyenes (hu)
• Italian: dirittura d'arrivo f
• Polish: ostatnia prosta f
• Portuguese: reta final f
• Russian: фи́нишная пряма́я f (fínišnaja prjamája)
• Slovak: cieľová rovinka f
• Spanish: recta final f
• Swedish: upplopp (sv) n
• Vietnamese: chặng cuối
• Yiddish: לעצטער מהלך m (letster mhlkh)

final part of a distance or effort

• Bulgarian: последен етап (posleden etap)
• Catalan: recta final f
• Dutch: laatste rechte lijn f, laatste loodjes n pl
• Estonian: lõpusirge
• Finnish: loppusuora (fi)
• French: dernière ligne droite (fr) f
• German: Zielgerade (de) f
• Hungarian: célegyenes (hu)
• Italian: dirittura d'arrivo f
• Japanese: ラストスパート (ja) (rasto spāto), 追い込み (おいこみ, oikomi)
• Polish: ostatnia prosta f
• Portuguese: reta final f
• Russian: финишная пряма́я (finišnaja prjamája)
• Spanish: recta final f
• Swedish: upplopp (sv) n
• Vietnamese: giai đoạn cuối cùng
• Yiddish: לעצטער מהלך m (letster mhlkh)

See also

• smell the barn