on course

Related to on course: Off Course

on course

1. Literally, in the correct direction or toward the intended destination. Could you check the map? I want to be sure we're still on course.
2. By extension, proceeding according to the intended or ideal plan. I got really distracted from my studies after my girlfriend broke up with me, so I'm trying to get back on course. If sales remain strong, we're on course to have our most successful year to date!
See also: course, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*on course

 
1. Lit. going in the right direction or on the right route. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; stay ~.) We are on course and should arrive at our port about noon.
2. Fig. following the plan correctly. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; stay ~.) Is the project on course? Nothing I am doing is exactly on course right now.
See also: course, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

on course

Following the planned or intended course.
See also: course, on
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • literally
  • balance the books
  • a non-denial denial
  • denial
  • drift with
  • drift with (something)
  • caveat
  • caveat emptor
  • (the) survival of the fittest
  • beat the hell out of