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midstretch

midstretch adverb: in the middle of the stretch of a race.

Adverb

midstretch (not comparable)

  1. (often) In the middle of the stretch of a race
    • Ridden by Garrett Gomez, he collared Hard Spun in midstretch and drew away with surprising ease […].2007 August 6, Bill Finley, “Any Given Saturday Outruns His Top Rivals to Win the Haskell”, in New York Times

Origin of midstretch

From mid- + stretch.

Questions about midstretch

What does midstretch mean?
Midstretch means in the middle of the stretch of a race.
What part of speech is midstretch?
Midstretch is an adverb.

Words near midstretch in the dictionary

  1. midstratum
  2. midstream
  3. midstreams
  4. midstreet
  5. midstrength
  6. midstretch
  7. midstriatum
  8. midstride
  9. midstring
  10. midstripe
  11. midstripes

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