final stretch
noun1
Synonym of home stretch
- Now, nearly ready to spawn, they are returning to the mouth of the Columbia for the final stretch -- back up the rivers to spawning grounds where they will mate, creating future runs of fall chinook.1994, US Congress, House, Committee on Natural Resources, Task Force on Bonneville Power Administration, BPA Proposed Fiscal Year 1994 Budget, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 469:
- But her polling data predicted a tight race, so she decided to air a nasty attack piece on her opponent in the final stretch of the campaign.2018, Catherine Shaw, The Campaign Manager, Routledge, →ISBN: