collision course
nounDefinition of collision course
Examples of collision course in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Yet, the president’s plan to fix Eskom is putting him on a collision course with powerful factions in his own African National Congress. — Gabriele Steinhauser, WSJ, "Power Struggle: Electricity Outages Hit South Africa Months Before Election," 14 Feb. 2019 This could also put Trump on a collision course with his own administration, Narang told me. — Jen Kirby, Vox, "The 7 biggest foreign news stories to watch in 2019, from Brexit to North Korea," 24 Dec. 2018 The allegations set the #MeToo movement on a collision course with the battle over the direction of the high court, creating a new level of acrimony in the confirmation process. — WSJ, "Immigration, Mueller Probe Boosted U.S. Tensions This Year," 18 Dec. 2018 The second reason is the most troublesome: Washington and Moscow may be on a collision course. — Alex Ward, Vox, "This is exactly how a nuclear war would kill you," 19 Oct. 2018 At the time of the March crash, Uber had reportedly disabled this software, relying on the human driver to brake if the car was on a collision course. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Uber’s self-driving cars are returning to public streets—in manual mode," 24 July 2018 Despite her entreaties, the government appeared to be on a collision course with an increasingly assertive Parliament. — Raf Casert, The Seattle Times, "UK Parliament delivers rebuke to government over Brexit," 4 Dec. 2018 With Hurricane Irene on a collision course with NYC, Oh Joy's movie night suggestions seem like the perfect way to get together with friends and ride out the storm. — Caylin Harris, Good Housekeeping, "Blogs We Love This Week," 26 Aug. 2011 The Mount Adams teacher hoping to become the first American to row solo and unassisted across the North Atlantic is on a collision course with the remnants of Hurricane Chris. — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, "Mount Adams teacher rowing to England facing 'gorilla' of an ocean storm," 13 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'collision course.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on collision course
What made you want to look up collision course? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns!
-
- Which is a synonym of fuliginous?
Test your vocabulary with our 10-question quiz!
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZ
-
Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns!
No tricks, just difficult words.
Take the quiz -
Time Traveler Quiz: Which Word Came First?
Which word entered the English language first?
Take the quiz -
How Strong Is Your Vocabulary?
Test your vocabulary with our 10-question quiz!
Take the quiz -
Dictionary Devil
The dictionary has been scrambled—can you put it back together?
Play the game
Share collision course
Resources for collision course