backstretch

[bak-strech]

back·stretch

[bak-strech]
noun
the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
Compare homestretch.


Origin:
1830–40; back1 + stretch
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Backstretch is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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