Usually means: Proceed until naturally completed, ended.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word run its course:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. run its course: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run its course: Merriam-Webster
  3. run its course: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run its course: Collins English Dictionary
  5. run its course: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. run its course: Wiktionary
  7. run its course: Dictionary.com
  8. run its course: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run its course: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run its course: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run its course: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run its course: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run its course)

verb:  To come to a natural end.

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