the home straight



the home straight

  (British & Australian)
the last part of a long or difficult activity We can't give up now we're on the home straight.
See also: home, straight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vercingetorixwer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)Ancient Celtic
AlexAL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Penelope[pi'neləpi]
Lis-Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Anej-Slovene
Nediljko-Croatian