in the stretch

*in the (home)stretch

Fig. in the last stage of a process. (From horse racing. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) We're in the homestretch with this project and can't change it now. We're in the stretch. Only three more days till we graduate.

See also: stretch

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in the stretch

verb

See in the home stretch

See also: stretch

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