midstretch en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English stretch English midstretch From mid- + stretch.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, often, with "in") In the middle of the stretch of a race
Ridden by Garrett Gomez, he collared Hard Spun in midstretch and drew away with surprising ease […].
2007 August 6, Bill Finley, “Any Given Saturday Outruns His Top Rivals to Win the Haskell”, in New York Times: