HOMESTRETCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homestretch mean? 

• HOMESTRETCH (noun)
  The noun HOMESTRETCH has 2 senses:

1. the end of an enterprise

2. the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line

  Familiarity information: HOMESTRETCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMESTRETCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The end of an enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

they were on the homestretch when the computer crashed

Hypernyms ("homestretch" is a kind of...):

end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("homestretch" is a kind of...):

stretch (a straightaway section of a racetrack)