"gun lap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gun laps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gun lap (plural gun laps)
  1. The final lap of a race, in which a gun is fired when the race leader begins the lap
    Sense id: en-gun_lap-en-noun-t-uP788j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (figurative) The final stages of something Tags: figuratively Synonyms (final stages): home stretch, home straight
    Sense id: en-gun_lap-en-noun-7iRst4tJ Disambiguation of 'final stages': 12 88

Inflected forms

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