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
Hadassah	-	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Harshal	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Zorione	-	Basque
Wendelin	VEN-de-leen (German)	German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Eadgar	-	Anglo-Saxon
Root	[ru:t]