[Ads-l] course-correct, v.

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Mon Jan 1 03:22:57 UTC 2018


> On Dec 31, 2017, at 9:51 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Newt Gingrich:
> 
> "By June, it may be too late to course-correct."


from my files on (selected examples of) 2pbfVs:
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87. course-correct

Jon Lighter to ADS-L 10/3/11:

CNN: “How does Rick Perry course-correct?”
Talking Head: “I’m not sure that he *can* course-correct.”

[presumably from course correction]
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