course of action

noun phrase

: the actions to be taken

We're trying to determine the best course of action at this point.

Examples of course of action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop. —Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025

Emotions are writ large and loud in Ben Hania’s script, as Red Crescent workers weep for the young girl at the end of the line, and furiously argue among each other about the morally right course of action to take, versus the strictures of protocol. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025

Your next course of action is buying a subscription to the Neil Young Archives. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2025

For humans, physical removal and destruction of the larvae by a healthcare provider is the recommended course of action. —Dave Wessner, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for course of action

• dissatisfaction
• overreaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction