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winning post

noun

  1. a post on a racetrack, marking the goal of a race.


winning post

noun

  1. the post marking the finishing line on a racecourse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of winning post1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences

"This was a real horse on a real flight to the winning-post," added Crozier, with a quirk at the corner of his mouth.

The winning post stares us in the face; my old Chief gallops off the course; how can I resist calling out?

Mr. Newdegate was a hard-mouthed witness, but he-was saddled, bridled, and ridden to the winning-post.

There were still about eight hundred yards to the winning post.

Twelve months ago there had been a goal before him which he might attain, a winning-post which was still within his reach.

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