Does this foresee terrible cost, recession and a war? (5,4,8)

I believe the answer is:

worst case scenario

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'does this foresee terrible cost recession and a war?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'terrible cost recession and a war?' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cost'+'recession'+'a'+'war'='costrecessionawar'
'costrecessionawar' anagrammed gives 'WORST-CASE SCENARIO'.

Can you help me to learn more?

Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.