final stretch (plural final stretches)

1. Synonym of home stretch
   • 1994, US Congress, House, Committee on Natural Resources, Task Force on Bonneville Power Administration, BPA Proposed Fiscal Year 1994 Budget‎^[1], U.S. Government Printing Office, page 469:

     Now, nearly ready to spawn, they are returning to the mouth of the Columbia for the final stretch -- back up the rivers to spawning grounds where they will mate, creating future runs of fall chinook.

   • 2018, Catherine Shaw, The Campaign Manager‎^[2], Routledge, →ISBN:

     But her polling data predicted a tight race, so she decided to air a nasty attack piece on her opponent in the final stretch of the campaign.