on a collision course
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English[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.
- (figurative, 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[edit]
dangerously approaching a negative result
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Further reading[edit]
- “on a collision course”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “on a collision course”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “be on a collision course”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “on a collision course”, in Collins English Dictionary.