Run Its Course
What it means
Continue naturally to its own end, without anyone able to hurry it or cut it short.
Where it comes from
Doctors use it literally, of an illness that will end on its own whether treated or not. Course is the old sense of a path run, the same one in racecourse.
The puzzle it came from
Run Its Course was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 13, 2026. The clue read ____ its ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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water
main
course
work
force
game
over
run
wild
side
rope
ladder
up
hill
tribe
final
leg
day
care
taker
Phrasicle: Run Its Course