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Part of a horse race
Answer for the clue "Part of a horse race ", 11 letters:
homestretch
Alternative clues for the word homestretch
- Plight of one sentenced to house arrest?
- Ell?
- Last part of a race
- (informal) the end of an enterprise
- The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line
- Hint to what the other nine longest answers have in common
- Final straight part of a racetrack (and a hint to the long entries)
- Final stage
- Final phase
Word definitions for homestretch in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the end of an enterprise; "they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed" the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line
Usage examples of homestretch.
All through the backstretch, around the turn, and down the homestretch she continued her slow, easy gallop.
Unlike the other boomers I met, Bob Barnes has gone the whole route and found it pretty barren in the homestretch.
Then, as they came onto the homestretch, he used the few horses the Stutz had left to give and slingshotted down to the inside of the track.
The winner jubilantly retraced his route, jogging a victory lap before halting at the royal pavilion halfway down the homestretch.