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on a collision course

on a collision course prepositional phrase: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) (typically with with) Dangerously and imminently approaching (a negative condition, result, etc.).
    • The government is putting us on a collision course with nuclear disaster.
    • 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

Questions about on a collision course

What does on a collision course mean?
On a collision course means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, a, collision course.
What part of speech is on a collision course?
On a collision course is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on a collision course in the dictionary

  1. OMZs
  2. Omāēqnomenēweqnaesen
  3. on
  4. on 'Change
  5. on a bell
  6. on a collision course
  7. on a daily basis
  8. on a day-to-day basis
  9. on a different note
  10. on a dime
  11. on a first-name basis

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