A post marking the end point of a race.
the horses proceed past the finishing post
figurative I can see the finishing post of my time in teaching
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm aiming to run like the wind to get to that finishing post first.
- With the election finishing post within sight and the opposition on the rails, the canny Finance Minister played to his strengths by cutting the betting tax from 5% to 2%.
- As the two men passed the finishing post, he threw his arms up in exultation clearly thinking he had snatched victory.
- The rider said that her horse over-reached on the second circuit, though he kept on bravely to the finishing post.
- I've just got to be like the horses and keep chugging up the hill until I reach the finishing post.
- It is not obvious why the country that has led the world in adopting the digital era should not be the first to the finishing post.
- Experts will be on hand to analyse the runners and riders from the paddock to the finishing post.
- It's a lack of staying power that has allowed others to beat this football club to the finishing post.
- He made the error of stopping riding just short of the finishing post and was pipped in the last stride.
- Minute differences can arise in recording the time of a horse going past the finishing post.