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PHOTO FINISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does photo finish mean?
• PHOTO FINISH (noun)
The noun PHOTO FINISH has 1 sense:
1. in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing
Familiarity information: PHOTO FINISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("photo finish" is a kind of...):
finish (designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race))
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