course-correct
Verb
To alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination.
Usage- Transitive
To make adjustments to an ongoing process or project in order to achieve a desired outcome.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
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More examples (2)
I’ve occasionally gone on TV and movie fasts, usually to course-correct after overindulging in too many screen-based activities. But books are a constant and during no period of my life was I more immersed in books than as a teenager.
For Manis, the league is an opportunity to course-correct a career beleaguered by bumps and false starts. She is joined by women at various stages of their basketball careers, many focused on redemptive arcs of their own.
Word forms
course-correctscourse-correctingcourse-correctedcourse-corrected