on course
Meaning
(idiomatic) Following the intended route.
(idiomatic) Proceeding smoothly as planned.
(idiomatic) Likely to happen or to undergo something.
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I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'.
It is of fundamental importance not to make the positivist mistake of assuming that because a group's members are in formation this means that they're necessarily on course.
The governments of Europe are confronting an epochal choice in the Mediterranean. Do they allow Europe to remain on course toward inundation by the African population explosion, inevitably turning Florence into Ferguson and Barcelona into Baltimore?
Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.
In my mid-20s, I was directing episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock' and 'Peter Gunn.' I was pretty much on course and - as I sometimes joke - was prepared to devote my life to become the second best film director in my family.
You cannot have a learning organisation without a shared vision...A shared vision provides a compass to keep learning on course when stress develops.