in the home stretch

in the (home) stretch

mod. in the last stage of the process. (From horse racing.) We’re in the homestretch with this project and can’t change it now.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ballard	['bæləd]
Photina	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Mojisola	-	Western African, Yoruba
Val	VAL	English
Harding	['ha:diŋ]
Janina	yah-NEE-nah (Polish, German), YAH-nee-nah (Finnish)	Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian