on a collision course

phrase

: moving so as to crash into each other if one or the other does not change direction

The two airplanes were on a collision course.

—often + with

The comet was on a collision course with the planet.

—often used figuratively

The government's policies are putting us on a collision course with economic disaster.

Examples of on a collision course in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Back on royal turf, the Sussexes could also find themselves on a collision course with Prince William and Kate Middleton as old tensions threaten to resurface. — Lauryn Overhultz , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

This year, with the FHSAA restructuring classification alignments, those two teams find themselves in the same class and headed on a collision course in the same 6A district. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

So the 8,800-pound (4,000 kilograms) rocket body remained up there, orbiting Earth — until solar activity and gravitational forces pushed it on a collision course for the moon. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Independent astronomers combing through public NASA data first discovered the rocket was on a collision course with the moon, NASA said. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for on a collision course

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