on a collision course
idiomDefinition of on a collision course
: 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.
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