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home straight

noun

  1. horse racing the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
  2. the final stage of an undertaking or journey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"It was a case of 'if you can't beat him, join him'. It meant I fed off his momentum. I just left a little too much to do in the home straight to catch him."

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Senior project manager Jonathan Wade insisted the "complex" project was now "on the home straight", even despite Friday's problems at Heathrow, where an electrical fire caused flight chaos and left thousands stranded.

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There are 14 games left so they are not in the home straight yet, and they still have a seven-point cushion at the top.

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In 2016, Alistair helped his brother over the finish line at the Triathlon World Series event in Mexico when Jonny started to wobble on the home straight.

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USA's Yared Nuguse overtakes Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the home straight to win the men's 1500m at the Zurich Diamond League, with Olympic champion Cole Hocker third and GB's Josh Kerr fifth.

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