in the stretch



*in the (home)stretch

Fig. in the last stage of a process. (From horse racing. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) 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.
See also: stretch

in the stretch

verb
See also: stretch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tom[tɔm]
Enobarbus-Literature
Osee-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Brewster['bru:stə]
ĄŽUolas-Lithuanian
Nemanja-Serbian