🗓️ Idiom: Cross the Finish Line
💬 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.
📝 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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