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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Birmingham and El Camino Real continue on a collision course to decision the West Valley League title.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Trump and Powell appear to be locked on a collision course with each other as the Fed has maintained a pause in rate cuts in response to sticky inflation while Trump’s tariffs promise additional upward pressure on prices.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
His political instinct isn’t wrong that Social Security is a good re-entry point: 73 million Social Security recipients are older and disabled, and even if the checks do get out this month, Republicans are on a collision course over funding the program.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
The teams have been on a collision course all season, sitting atop the Div. 2 Power Rankings for the length of the winter.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Trump and Powell appear to be locked on a collision course with each other as the Fed has maintained a pause in rate cuts in response to sticky inflation while Trump’s tariffs promise additional upward pressure on prices.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
His political instinct isn’t wrong that Social Security is a good re-entry point: 73 million Social Security recipients are older and disabled, and even if the checks do get out this month, Republicans are on a collision course over funding the program.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
The teams have been on a collision course all season, sitting atop the Div. 2 Power Rankings for the length of the winter.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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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 13 May. 2025.
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