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finish lines

finish lines is the plural of finish line.

Meaning of finish line

Noun

finish line (plural finish lines)

  1. A line marking the end of a race.
    • The five exhausted runners crossed the finish line one after the other.
    Synonyms:
    finishing line
  2. (broadly, figuratively) The end of a process.
    • The race to the finish line has started already according to Jürgen Klopp and by those punishing standards Liverpool have faltered badly.2017 January 21, Andy Hunter, “Gylfi Sigurdsson and Swansea stun Liverpool in five-goal thriller”, in The Guardian

Questions about finish lines

What is finish lines the plural of?
Finish lines is the plural of finish line.

Words near finish lines in the dictionary

  1. finis
  2. finish
  3. Finish Fetish
  4. finish fetishes
  5. finish line
  6. finish lines
  7. finish nail
  8. finish nails
  9. finish off
  10. finish out
  11. finish time

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