IdiomDaily Life
English
Englishrun its course
Meaning: To follow a natural progression without interference.
Example: “The cold will run its course in about a week.”
Origin: A river or a race runs along its natural course to the end. The phrase for letting something continue until it ends naturally, as an illness does, is found from the 16th century.
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- see something through To finish something one has started.
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