home straightn.
/ˌhəʊm ˈstreɪt/, U.S. /ˈˌhoʊm ˈstreɪt/ 1. The straight length of a racetrack that leads to the finish line; = home stretch n. 1.
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run-in1799
quarter-stretch1830
home run1833
hurdle1833
back stretch1839
home stretch1841
straight1846
last lap1848
straightaway1878
home straight1880
stretch1895
back-straight1905
the wall1974
1860 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 11 June At the centre of the turn Flora moved up, and the two went even head and head to the home straight stretch.]
1880 London Bicycle Club Gaz. 21 May 76/1 A ding-dong race ensued for the last mile, when Smith drew away in the home straight, and won a magnificent race by thirty yards.
1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in Gloamin' xv. 180 This horse was leading in the Derby of his year when he fell coming up the home straight after showing terrific speed for fully a mile.
1977 Arab Times 14 Dec. 10/2 In the longer sprint, the 400 m, Ayad Mooshari and Ali Sulaiman were easily the strongest runners in the home straight.
2003 M. Guthrie Coaching Track & Field Successfully viii. 96/2 Entering the home straight, the hurdler may need to add a stride.
2. figurative. The last part or phase of a journey, activity, or task; = home stretch n. 2.
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1949 Observer 6 Mar. 8/4 The race for victory in International Rugby turns the bend into the Home Straight next Saturday, when Wales receive Ireland at Swansea.
1978 Third Way 9 Mar. 12/1 Once over the hurdle of conversion, we consider ourselves to be on the home straight.
1998 Canberra Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. 4 Candidates..were on the hustings this week, heading down the home straight of what has been a campaign of door-knocking and public forums.
2007 C. Hunter Eight Lives Down (2009) xx. 169 All I've got to do is make one more manual approach, confirm disruption of the device, collect the forensics, and I'm on the home straight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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