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Definition of Homestretch
1. Noun. The end of an enterprise. "They were on the homestretch when the computer crashed"
2. Noun. The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line.
Definition of Homestretch
1. Noun. the final stretch of a race track ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) the last part of some activity (e.g. a speech) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homestretch
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homestretch
Literary usage of Homestretch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life with the Trotters by John Splan (1889)
"... like a winner in the homestretch—The secret of your success is in careful and
intelligent methods of training—Shipping the colt home again and preparing ..."
2. American Roadsters and Trotting Horses: Being a Sketch of the Trotting by Henry T. Helm (1878)
"On the hill, Nil Desperandum took second place, and closed up rapidly on Thorndale,
and they had a fine race down the homestretch; but Nil broke within ..."
3. Journal by California Legislature (1886)
"Sixth Heat—Empress made the most of the advantage of having the inside ice, and
led until she came into the homestretch, when the race from >re was as close ..."
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