in the stretch

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*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.

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In the stretch reflex, the muscle actually tightens which creates a situation where your muscles are doing the opposite of what you are trying to get them to do. Proprioceptors Boost Your Massage Therapy Business with Cutting Edge ... by Robert Vignoli / Food/cooking/nutrition community It works by repairing your skin''s natural synthesis of collagen, helping to fill in the stretch mark. What Are Your Stretch Mark Treatment Options? by Bill Wilson / Health care industry community Most of the new highly layered lines went to new players in the stretch film business, bringing shifts in market share. Stretching film's limits by Schut, Jan H. / Plastics Technology More results

? References in periodicals archive

In the stretch reflex, the muscle actually tightens which creates a situation where your muscles are doing the opposite of what you are trying to get them to do.

Proprioceptors Boost Your Massage Therapy Business with Cutting Edge ... by Robert Vignoli / Food/cooking/nutrition community

It works by repairing your skin''s natural synthesis of collagen, helping to fill in the stretch mark.

What Are Your Stretch Mark Treatment Options? by Bill Wilson / Health care industry community

Most of the new highly layered lines went to new players in the stretch film business, bringing shifts in market share.

Stretching film's limits by Schut, Jan H. / Plastics Technology

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