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backstretch
noun[ Cusually singular ]
(alsoback stretch)uk /ˈbæk.stretʃ/ us /ˈbæk.stretʃ/
the straight part of a racetrack opposite the part leading to the finish line:
The jockey moved his horse to the front of the field in the backstretch.
She overtook two athletes on the back stretch of the last lap and finished in fourth place.
There was a major crash on the backstretch that caused the race to be halted on lap 47.
He had a lead of two lengths going into the backstretch.
They have built a new wall on the backstretch of the speedway track.
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