on a collision course
English
Prepositional phrase
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.
- (figuratively, by extension) (typically with with) Dangerously and imminently approaching (a negative condition, result, etc.).
- The government is putting us on a collision course with nuclear disaster.
Translations
dangerously approaching a negative result
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Further reading
- “on a collision course”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “on a collision course”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- “be on a collision course” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “on a collision course” in the Collins English Dictionary
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