on a collision course

prepositional phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.

“The government is putting us on a collision course with nuclear disaster.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.
  2. broadlyfiguratively(typically with with) Dangerously and imminently approaching (a negative condition, result, etc.).

    The government is putting us on a collision course with nuclear disaster.

    1 more example

    A vast number of Iranians will singularly hold Ayatollah Khamenei, who first became leader in 1989, responsible for setting Iran on a collision course with Israel and the US that ultimately brought considerable ruin to his country and people.

    2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC

Translations

Italian in rotta di collisione
  • in rotta di collisionedangerously approaching a negative result
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APA

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MLA

“on a collision course.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20collision%20course. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on a collision course,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20collision%20course.

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