run its course
idiom
—used to say that something begins, continues for a time, and then ends
The disease usually runs its course in a few days.
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That spell may have run its course in the second round.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Germany, obliged by history to demilitarize, but conscious that this posture has run its course, almost certainly holds the key to any such transformation.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 8 May 2025
And finally, Wingate points out that sometimes, a bed frame has run its course.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 3 May 2025
Pray that your good fortune has not yet run its course.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
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“Run its course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20its%20course. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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