idiom / phrasal expression · neutral
run its course
UK/rʌn ɪts kɔːs/US/rʌn ɪts kɔrs/run·its·COURSE
task2speaking
to develop and finish naturally; to come to a natural end
Examples
“The strike eventually ran its course and production resumed.”
“Let the illness run its course; rest and hydration will help recovery.”
“Some policies are better abandoned after they have run their course.”
Band 8 sentence
“Rather than intervene immediately, policymakers sometimes allow a market correction to run its course.”
Collocations
- run its course (of an illness / a policy / a trend)
Word family
course nounrun verb
Common mistakes
let it run on→let it run its course
run the course→run its course
Say it for a higher band
5end→6take its course→7+run its course
Synonyms
take its course
Easily confused
take its course
“After months of debate they decided to let the policy take its course.”
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