Verb
run its course (third-person singular simple present runs its course, present participle running its course, simple past ran its course, past participle run its course)
To come to a natural end.
Synonym: take its course
The show had run its course on the Fox network. Will Arnett
Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously. John Lancaster Spalding
The artist's will is secondary to the process he initiates from idea to completion.... His wilfulness may only be ego.... The process is mechanical and should not be tampered with. It should run its course. Sol LeWitt
As to what to do for the housing industry specifically and are there things that you can do to encourage housing: One is, don't try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom. Mitt Romney
I think it's a big danger for the industry. I don't think it's a healthy way to run the business long-term. We felt it had run its course. We felt it was good for clearance time. I think GM was just feeling the pressure. Steve Lyons
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing body of knowledge; but art on the contrary has many times run its course to an end, and exhausted its vital power. George Edward Woodberry