run its course
Meaning: To follow a natural progression without interference.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression is most often used in terms of illness (sentence 1), but can also be used to describe other processes that have a predictable or established course of events.
More idioms — Daily Life
- run-of-the-mill — Ordinary or usual.
- sales pitch — A speech or presentation designed to persuade someone to buy or do something.
- save something for a rainy day — To save something, usually money, for a possible future need.
- say a mouthful — To say something of a significant or shocking nature (sentence 1); to say more than one s…
- scared out of one's wits — So afraid that one is unable to think clearly.
- second-guess — To dispute or try to understand someone's reason for doing something.
More English idioms
- run something into the ground — To belabor something beyond reason; to go too far with something.
- have a screw loose screw — To be harmlessly crazy.
- second-rate — Of inferior quality; not the best.
- have second thoughts — To begin to have doubts; to question and reexamine a decision.
- see red — To get angry.
- see something through — To finish something one has started.
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