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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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collision course¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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That would set ministers on a collision course with trade unions and - government insiders privately concede - make a new wave of strikes possible.

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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.

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The US already appears set on a collision course with China, which was its third biggest supplier of imports last year.

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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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"We’re going to be on a collision course with the Trump administration over the constitutional compliance for libraries, as opposed to being compliant with the Trump administration framework."

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collision collision density

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