take its course

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English

Verb

take its course (third-person singular simple present takes its course, present participle taking its course, simple past took its course, past participle taken its course)

  1. To progress in a natural manner without interference.
    Synonym: run its course
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      Fortunately, Frank had devised a cool way of getting down the seemingly endless staircase. He’d found an old laundry basket, and with felt-tip pens had painted it with the colours of Queenie – red, white and blue. All he had to do was sit at the top of the staircase, and then let gravity take its course.