collision course

1. 1.

   a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged

   Broaderpath
2. 2.

   a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated

   Broadercourse

Questions about collision course

What does collision course mean?

collision course means "a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is collision course a common word?

collision course is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.