court disaster

idiom

: to risk a very bad result

Anyone who refuses to evacuate is courting disaster.

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In idealizing the past, his characters court disaster and tragedy. —

Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024 Very few people can successfully weave reality-distortion fields—and those who can’t will court disaster by trying. —

Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 15 June 2023 Very few people can successfully weave reality-distortion fields—and those who can’t will court disaster by trying. —

Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 15 June 2023 Against a Bills team with superior talent — and, on Sunday, a superior quarterback — that was always going to court disaster. —

Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Oct. 2022 The alternative is to court disaster. —

Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 16 July 2021 Acting to sweep this recent history under the rug will court disaster. —

Eoin Higgins, The New Republic, 11 Nov. 2020

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