Yet the fight between the two of them went all the way to the finishing line.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When you cross the finishing line, all that is lifted from your shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
All they were missing was that finishing touch - which has not been missing.
The Sun (2017)
The finishing touches were still being made to the two half-hour activities, but they looked pretty promising.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Riding at a pedestrian pace, the peloton came over the finishing line almost 34 minutes behind the winner.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At Twickenham today, they are ready to flop over the finishing line at the end of an arduous schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was food that had been taken off the street and sent to a finishing school.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They had the better of the first half yesterday but could not find a finishing touch.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Everything was still geared to his finishing skills.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Leicester had no need to strain for the finishing line.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All related terms of 'finishing'
finish
When you finish doing or dealing with something, you do or deal with the last part of it, so that there is no more for you to do or deal with.
finishing line
In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.
finishing nail
a slender nail with a very small head, used in finish carpentry , or joinery
finishing touch
a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
finishing school
A finishing school is a private school where rich or upper-class young women are taught manners and other social skills that are considered to be suitable for them.
the finishing touch
If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
finish off
If you finish off something that you have been eating or drinking , you eat or drink the last part of it with the result that there is none left .
finish up
If you finish up in a particular place or situation , you are in that place or situation after doing or experiencing several things.
finish with
If you finish with someone or something, you stop dealing with them, being involved with them, or being interested in them.