take its course

take its course
(take its (или their) course)
идти по установленному пути, идти своим чередом, в установленном порядке

The district attorney assured her that he would do whatever he could, but he feared that the law would have to take its course. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Bulwark’, ch. LIX) — Окружной прокурор заверил ее, что он сделает все от него зависящее, но выразил опасение, что делу будет дан законный ход.

‘Then what is going to happen to me?’ ‘Justice must take its course.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Letter’) — - Что же со мной будет? - Правосудие должно совершиться.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • take its course — index occur (happen) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • take its course — run/take/its course phrase to develop in the usual way and reach a natural end The doctor said we just had to let the disease run its course. Thesaurus: to come to an endsynonym Main entry: course * * * run/take …   Useful english dictionary

  • take its course — develop naturally, go through a process, willy nilly    We can control many parts of our environment, but the weather just takes its course …   English idioms

  • let nature take its course — phrase to allow something to develop without trying to influence it Perhaps we should just let nature take its course. Thesaurus: to not act, or to not do somethingsynonym Main entry: nature * * * let nature take its course see ↑nature …   Useful english dictionary

  • let nature take its course — to allow someone or something to live or die naturally. By this stage, her illness was so severe that the doctors agreed to let nature take its course rather than prolong her suffering. We plant the seeds in springtime and then just let nature… …   New idioms dictionary

  • run (or take) its course — complete its natural development without interference. → course …   English new terms dictionary

  • let nature take its course — to allow something to develop without trying to influence it Perhaps we should just let nature take its course …   English dictionary

  • run its course — run/take/its course phrase to develop in the usual way and reach a natural end The doctor said we just had to let the disease run its course. Thesaurus: to come to an endsynonym Main entry: course * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • run its course — go until it stops, take its course    We don t have a cure for a cold. It will just have to run its course …   English idioms

  • let nature take its course — verb To permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference. Do you mean to put a secret service operative aboard disguised as a deckhand? Syn: stand aside …   Wiktionary

  • course — [kôrs] n. [ME cours & Fr course, both < OFr cours < L cursus, pp. of currere, to run: see CURRENT] 1. an onward movement; going on from one point to the next; progress 2. the progress or duration of time [in the course of a week] 3. a way,… …   English World dictionary


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