final dash
Frequency: 6.25.5 per million words
the last hurried effort to reach a destination or deadline
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Examples (10)
- The runner made a final dash for the finish line.
- We're in the final dash to complete the project before the deadline.
- After getting through security, it was a final dash to the boarding gate.
- It's always a final dash to the shops on Christmas Eve for last-minute gifts.
- The candidate is making a final dash across the state in the last days of the campaign.
- Next week will be a final dash to get everything ready for the wedding.
- I'll never forget the final dash to submit my thesis just minutes before the office closed.
- The team's final dash to meet quarterly targets involved working late every night.
- As the storm approached, there was a final dash to bring the boats into the harbor.
- The excitement of the final dash is what makes competitive racing so thrilling.