final push
Closing surge forward
A final push is a concentrated burst of effort at the end of a long endeavor—the last surge before completion.
Athletes make a final push toward the finish line; workers make a final push to meet a deadline.
The phrase implies that ordinary effort won't suffice and that the end is near enough to justify exhausting one's reserves: One final push and we'll be done.
- home stretchConcluding phase of effort
- closing inSteadily approaching something
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- surgeSudden powerful increase
last ditch effort · breakthrough · crunch time · down to the wire · do or die · endgame · momentum · second wind · determination · exhaustion · adrenaline · grit · perseverance · leave it all · summit · labor · contractions · deadline
- desperate measureslast resort, desperate plea, desperation move, last ditch, last chance
- crunch timecrunch time, do or die, do-or-die, last chance, now or never
- finish line expressionsdown to the wire, home stretch, crossing the line, neck and neck, dead heat
- Upsetsupset, upset victory, upset win, underdog victory, underdog win
- Peak Performancepeak performance, personal best, maximum effort, best effort, excelling
- endingsending, the end, close, end, conclusion
final pushfirst step
Initial action taken
starting point · kickoff · beginning · launch · groundwork
final pushwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
pulling back · tapering off · deceleration · scaling back · cooling off period
final pushgiving up
Choosing to stop trying
abandonment · surrender · throwing in the towel · capitulation · quitting
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