finish strong
Close with power
Finish strong means to end a task, competition, or period with energy and excellence rather than fading.
Athletes finish strong by sprinting the final stretch.
Students finish strong by acing final exams.
The phrase emphasizes that how you end matters as much as how you begin: We had a rough third quarter, but we're going to finish strong.
- final pushConcluding effort toward goal
- home stretchConcluding phase of effort
- final stretchConcluding portion of effort
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
persevere · momentum · clutch · triumphant · victory lap · second wind · dig deep · gut check · leave it all · power through · surge · rally · determination · grit · willpower · last mile · fourth quarter · peak performance
- Sports Sayingsno pain no gain, practice makes perfect, leave it all on the field, go for gold, never give up
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
- racing tacticsovertaking, drafting, late braking, racing line, pit strategy
finish strongfade out
Gradual visual or audio diminishment
peter out · fizzle out · tail off · wind down · lose steam
finish strongrun out of gas
Deplete your fuel supply
hit the wall · burn out · bonk · tire out · flag
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