run its course

phrase

—used to say that something begins, continues for a time, and then ends

The disease usually runs its course in a few days.

Examples of run its course in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rothfeld is right to ask whether anything is left after the demolition, and righter still to suggest that Cusk’s project has run its course. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

The political reform project that began in the 1990s has run its course. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026

Accept that your political career has run its course, and New Yorkers are done listening to you. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Fortunately, Venus in Libra helps ease the situation at work and with your day-to-day logistics, but the lunar eclipse in Pisces could shed light on a friendship or group commitment that’s run its course. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for run its course

• counterforce
• intercourse
• nonrecourse
• reinforce
• watercourse
• bourse
• coarse
• force
• gorse
• hoarse
• horse
• norse