obstacle course

noun

: a military training course filled with obstacles (such as hurdles, fences, walls, and ditches) that must be negotiated

broadly : a series of obstacles that must be overcome

Examples of obstacle course in a Sentence

We finally made it through the bureaucratic obstacle course and got our visas.

Recent Examples on the Web

Show off your dog’s best tricks, take them through a special obstacle course and dress them up for the costume contest. — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The athletes will also go through the Presidential Fitness Test, a military-style bootcamp and an obstacle course. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

Complete the obstacle course and stop by the service desk to claim the small prize. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Summers recalled, repeating the phrase used to kick off the show’s obstacle course. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for obstacle course

• bourse
• coarse
• force
• gorse
• hoarse
• horse
• norse
• source
• concourse
• divorce
• endorse
• enforce