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.