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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 Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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