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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Now on a collision course with former mob boss turned political candidate Wilson Fisk, the entire city might implode.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Space experts had mistaken a rocket body on a collision course with the moon for a SpaceX launch vehicle before it was confirmed in 2022 to be a rocket booster from one of China’s past lunar missions.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Fast forward eight years, and the immigrant-friendly policies touted by the county during Trump’s first term are on a collision course with an immigration crackdown in his second.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
However, that growth puts the state’s population centers on a collision course with looming shortages in water and, potentially, electricity.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Space experts had mistaken a rocket body on a collision course with the moon for a SpaceX launch vehicle before it was confirmed in 2022 to be a rocket booster from one of China’s past lunar missions.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Fast forward eight years, and the immigrant-friendly policies touted by the county during Trump’s first term are on a collision course with an immigration crackdown in his second.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
However, that growth puts the state’s population centers on a collision course with looming shortages in water and, potentially, electricity.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Dec. 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 9 Mar. 2025.
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