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  Home \Home\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
        not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
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     2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
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     3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
        progress; goal; as:
        (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
            as home base and home plate.
        (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
            opponent's goal; also, the player.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the
        batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
        be reached in scoring a run.
  
     Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
        adjacent to the residence of the owner.
  
     Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
        stands. [U. S.]
  
     Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
        country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
        means of a governing power vested in the people within the
        country itself, in contradistinction to a government
        established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
        Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
        Parliament.
  
     Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
  
     Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
        the last curve and the winning post.
  
     Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
        wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
        attack.
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  Stretch \Stretch\, n.
     1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
        effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a
        stretch of the imagination.
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              By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to
              the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time;
        as, grassy stretches of land.
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              A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black.
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              But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E.
                                                    Eggleston.
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     3. The extent to which anything may be stretched.
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              Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no
              more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of
              mind.                                 --Atterbury.
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              This is the utmost stretch that nature can.
                                                    --Granville.
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     4. (Naut.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one
        tack; a tack or board.
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     5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
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     To be on the stretch, to be obliged to use one's utmost
        powers.
  
     Home stretch. See under Home, a.
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  Stretch \Stretch\, n.
     1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
        effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a
        stretch of the imagination.
  
              By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to
              the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
  
     2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time;
        as, grassy stretches of land.
  
              A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black.
  
              But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E.
                                                    Eggleston.
  
     3. The extent to which anything may be stretched.
  
              Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no
              more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of
              mind.                                 --Atterbury.
  
              This is the utmost stretch that nature can.
                                                    --Granville.
  
     4. (Naut.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one
        tack; a tack or board.
  
     5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
  
     To be on the stretch, to be obliged to use one's utmost
        powers.
  
     Home stretch. See under Home, a.

  Home \Home\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
        not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  
     2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
  
     Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands
        and which is the last goal in making a run.
  
     Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
        adjacent to the residence of the owner.
  
     Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
        stands. [U. S.]
  
     Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
        country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
        means of a governing power vested in the people within the
        country itself, in contradistinction to a government
        established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
        Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
        Parliament.
  
     Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
  
     Home run (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made
        before the batted ball is returned to the home base.
  
     Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
        the last curve and the winning post.
  
     Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
        wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
        attack.

  home stretch
     alt.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.
     n.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.

  home stretch
     alt.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.
     n.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.

  home stretch
     alt.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.
     n.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.

  home stretch
     alt.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.
     n.
     1 The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish
  line.
     2 (lb en figurative by extension) The final part of a distance or the
  final effort needed to finish.

  home stretch
     Engelska n.
     upplopp

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/ 
  1. последен етап
  final part of a distance or effort
  2. финална права
  final stretch of a race

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/
   [Am.] Zielgerade  [sport]
           Note: auf einer Rennstrecke
     Synonyms: home straight, final stretch
  
   see: home straights, home stretches, final stretches
  

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/
   [Am.]  [fig.] Zielgerade  [übtr.]
     Synonym: home straight
  

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/ 
  1. loppusuora
  final part of a distance or effort
  2. loppusuora, maalisuora
  final stretch of a race

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/
  célegyenes

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/ 
  ラストスパート, 追い込み
  final part of a distance or effort

  home stretch /hˈəʊm stɹˈɛtʃ/ 
  upplopp 2.
  final part of a distance or effort
   3.
  final stretch of a race