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sprint finishes

sprint finishes is the plural of sprint finish.

Meaning of sprint finish

Noun

sprint finish (plural sprint finishes)

  1. A sprint at the end of a race, usually to decide the winner.
    • It was the first marathon I'd ever taken part in – and, unbelievably, I won. I needed a sprint finish to do it, too. Honestly, there couldn't have been anything more than the thickness of a vest.2016, Michael McEwan (main author, maybe some other runner actually wrote this bit), Running the Smoke: 26 First-Hand Accounts of Tackling the London Marathon
  2. (broadly) A hurried commotion at the end of a long process
    • If you need to make a sprint finish to your date or get held up in traffic, this will just add to the pressure!2023, Hayley Quinn, Do This, Not That: Dating

Questions about sprint finishes

What is sprint finishes the plural of?
Sprint finishes is the plural of sprint finish.

Words near sprint finishes in the dictionary

  1. Sprinks
  2. sprint
  3. sprint car
  4. sprint cars
  5. sprint finish
  6. sprint finishes
  7. sprintable
  8. sprinted
  9. sprinter
  10. sprinters
  11. sprinting

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