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The final stretch where confidence and exhaustion fight for control of your face.
means The last, final part of a task or journey, when the end is finally in sight.
from Straight from horse racing — the 'home stretch' is the straight, final run of the track leading to the finish line, right in front of the grandstand ('home'). By the mid-1800s, people had already borrowed it to describe the last leg of anything from an election to a long day's work.
- origin
- literally the last straight part of a racetrack
- psychology
- motivation spikes most near perceived finish lines
- irony
- often where people slow down, not speed up
- usage
- applies to marathons, degrees, and awkward group projects