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COLLISION COURSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collision course mean?
• COLLISION COURSE (noun)
The noun COLLISION COURSE has 2 senses:
1. a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged
2. a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated
Familiarity information: COLLISION COURSE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("collision course" is a kind of...):
course; path; track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("collision course" is a kind of...):
course; course of action (a mode of action)
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