Cross the Finish Line

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🗓️ Idiom: Cross the Finish Line

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💬 Meaning

• To successfully complete something.
• It means reaching the end of a project, task, or goal.

🧠 Example Sentences

• The logistics team worked hard to cross the finish line before the deadline.
• We finally crossed the finish line with the system upgrade.
• Only a few more steps and we’ll cross the finish line on this order.

🏛️ Origin

This idiom comes from racing, where the finish line marks the end of the race. In business, it means completing a task or project, especially after putting in a lot of effort.

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📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

It took months of planning, but we finally __________ with the new distribution center.

Answer

crossed the finish line

2. Choose the correct meaning of “cross the finish line”:

A) To give up
B) To plan a new task
C) To complete something successfully
D) To start something important

Answer

C) To complete something successfully

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“The project is finally complete after months of hard work.” → Change the sentence using: cross the finish line

Answer

We finally crossed the finish line after months of hard work.

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