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Photo Finish

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Noun

1. photo finish

in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Photo Finish

see synonyms of photo finish
noun
1. 
a finish of a race in which contestants are so close that a photograph is needed to decide the result
2. 
any race or competition in which the winners or placed contestants are separated by a very small margin
noun
1. 
the end of a race when two or more of the competitors cross the finishing line so close together that a photograph of the finish has to be examined to decide who has won
He was just beaten in a photo-finish.
They're neck-and-neck, head-and-head, in a furious battle to the wire. It's a photo-finish!
2. 
any race or competition in which the winners or placed contestants are separated by a very small margin
It was a photo-finish at the American box office this weekend.

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Photo Finish

see synonyms of photo finish
1. 
a race finish so close that the winner can be determined only from a photograph of the contestants crossing the finish line
2. 
any close finish of a contest

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Photo Finish

see synonyms of photo finish
n.
1. A race in which the leading contestants cross the finish line so close together that the winner must be determined by a photograph taken at the moment of crossing.
2. Informal An extremely close competition.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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