on a collision course
idiom
: 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 + withThe comet was on a collision course with the planet.
—often used figurativelyThe government's policies are putting us on a collision course with economic disaster.
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What to know: The record-breaking storm is on a collision course with the Yucatán Peninsula and could reach southern Texas by Sunday or Monday.
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Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Listen to this article If the NWSL standings hold up, the Orlando Pride could be on a collision course with the Kansas City Current.
—Jayden Armant, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
These two countries are on a collision course fueled by the dynamics of a power transition and their competition for status and prestige, and without a change in direction, war between them in the coming decades is not only possible but probable.
—Christopher Layne, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
The investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 June 2024
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Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Listen to this article If the NWSL standings hold up, the Orlando Pride could be on a collision course with the Kansas City Current.
—Jayden Armant, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
These two countries are on a collision course fueled by the dynamics of a power transition and their competition for status and prestige, and without a change in direction, war between them in the coming decades is not only possible but probable.
—Christopher Layne, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
The investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 June 2024
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“On a collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20collision%20course. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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