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collision course
noun
a course or path of a vehicle, projectile, etc., that, if unchanged, will lead to a collision with another object.
any plan, attitude, or course of action that leads to a confrontation or conflict with another.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of collision course1
Example Sentences
Its organisers hope its schedule might co-exist with the men's international rugby calendar in the northern hemisphere, however it would put it on a collision course with domestic rugby in Europe.
That would set ministers on a collision course with trade unions and - government insiders privately concede - make a new wave of strikes possible.
The move puts the mayor of London on a potential collision course with ministers in his own party, after the chancellor backed plans for the expansion of the airport in January.
The US already appears set on a collision course with China, which was its third biggest supplier of imports last year.
Several also said the Democrats on the committee had just put California’s education funding on a collision course with the Trump administration.
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