on a collision course

/ˌɒn ɐ kəlˈɪʒən kˈɔːs/

/ˌɑːn ɐ kəlˈɪʒən kˈoːɹs/

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in a situation that is likely to cause a disagreement or fight

Examples

1. It's on a collision course, and gets 2 meters closer to Mars every year.

2. So researchers who study autonomous systems are collaborating with philosophers to address the complex problem of programming ethics into machines, which goes to show that even hypothetical dilemmas can wind up on a collision course with the real world.

3. As you close the gap between you and the contact, your bearing rate also remains constant, meaning it also graphs as a vertical line, vertical lines on a bearing rate chart means you're on a collision course.

4. Oh by the way your center of gravity just moved half way down your vehicle, you're doing this while you're on a collision course with the ground and you're going several times the speed of sound using materials that were the lightest you had available