"collision course" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: collision courses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} collision course (plural collision courses)
  1. A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision. Derived forms: on a collision course Translations (path leading to a collision): ramkoers [masculine] (Dutch), törmäyskurssi (Finnish), Kollisionskurs [masculine] (German), jalur tabrakan (Indonesian), kollisjonskurs [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kollisjonskurs [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rota de colisão (Portuguese), curs colizional [neuter] (Romanian), kollisionskurs [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-collision_course-en-noun-akaiL~xa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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