in the (home)stretch

in the (home)stretch
*in the (home)stretch
Fig. in the last stage of a process. (From horse racing. *Typically: be \in the (home)stretch; get \in the (home)stretch.) •

We're in the homestretch with this project and can't change it now.

We're in the stretch. Only three more days till we graduate.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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