Associations to the word «Homestretch»

Wiktionary

HOMESTRETCH, noun. The final stretch of a race track
HOMESTRETCH, noun. (figuratively) the last part of some activity (e.g. a speech)

Dictionary definition

HOMESTRETCH, noun. The end of an enterprise; "they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed".
HOMESTRETCH, noun. The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne