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Last leg
Answer for the clue "Last leg ", 11 letters:
homestretch
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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
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
homestretch \homestretch\ n. the straight segment of a racetrack leading to the finish line. [WordNet sense 1] Hence: [fig.] The last or concluding part of any extended activity that has a definite conclusion; the final phase of any activity; as, the election ...
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.