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homestretch

homestretch is the alternative form of home stretch.

Meaning of home stretch

Noun

home stretch (plural home stretches)

  1. The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish line.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) The final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish.
    • I think we're finally on the home stretch with this project.

Forms of homestretch

pluralhomestretches

Questions about homestretch

What is homestretch the alternative form of?
Homestretch is the alternative form of home stretch.

Words near homestretch in the dictionary

  1. homesteaders
  2. homesteading
  3. homesteads
  4. homester
  5. homesters
  6. homestretch
  7. homestretches
  8. Homestuck
  9. Homestucker
  10. Homestuckers
  11. Homestucks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homestretch (page history and authors); home stretch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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