Crossword clues for homestretch
homestretch
- Last part of a race
- Last part of a horse race
- Back track?
- Plight of one sentenced to house arrest?
- Last leg of a race
- Last leg
- It's right before the end
- Horse race finale
- Hint to what the other nine longest answers have in common
- Final straight part of a racetrack (and a hint to the long entries)
- to finish a race?
- Last leg of a race ... or a hint to the circled letters
- Plight of one under house arrest?
- Straightaway for 64-Across
- (informal) the end of an enterprise
- The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line
- Ell?
- End bit of house getting extension
- Final stage
- Final phase
- Part of a horse race
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 was neck-and-neck in the homestretch.
Wiktionary
n. 1 the final stretch of a race track 2 (context figuratively English) the last part of some activity (e.g. a speech)
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.