grandstand finish
noun
a close or exciting ending to a sports match or competition
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How to use grandstand finish in a sentence
The caravan came to a halt with a grandstand finish that it would have done you good to witness.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole | Matthew A. HensonI makes a grandstand finish, and then has the nerve to face the audience and do a matinée bend.
Shorty McCabe | Sewell Ford
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