home straight
Last leg remaining
The home straight is the final stretch of a racetrack before the finish line, where horses or runners make their last push.
The phrase extends to any project or task nearing completion: We're on the home straight now—just two more chapters to write.
Also called the home stretch, especially in American English.
Race completion marker
- final stretchConcluding portion of effort
- last lapClosing circuit of race
- homestretchLast portion before completion
- endgameConcluding phase of competition
culmination · finale · wrap-up · countdown · wind-up · final push · sprint finish · denouement
Track's far straightaway
- starting gateRace launch apparatus
- furlongEquestrian distance measure
- jockeyProfessional race rider
- thoroughbredOf pure ancestral line
gallop · steeplechase · paddock · post position · photo finish · grandstand · track · turf
finish line
Race completion marker
- final stretchConcluding portion of effort
- last lapClosing circuit of race
- homestretchLast portion before completion
endgame · culmination · finale · wrap-up · countdown · wind-up · final push · sprint finish · denouement · climax
backstretch
Track's far straightaway
- starting gateRace launch apparatus
- furlongEquestrian distance measure
- jockeyProfessional race rider
thoroughbred · gallop · steeplechase · paddock · post position · photo finish · grandstand · track · turf · flat racing
- velodromevelodrome, banked turn, oval track, track surface, wooden boards
- track cyclingvelodrome, track bike, sprint, pursuit, kilo
home straightstarting line
Race's initial position
starting blocks · starting gate · back straight · first turn · first leg
home straightearly days
Initial period of development
starting out · square one · first steps · outset · starting point
home, straight, homes, homed, homing, homeless, homely, homeward, homewards