• 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    412 hours ago

    The idiom represents a race so close that someone has to be watching the wire to be sure which horse crosses first. It’s one step from a “photo finish.”

    • @Donjuanme
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      210 hours ago

      Ah, I’ve always thought of it from wire to wire, the beginning to the end, also taken from horse and foot racing