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let nature take its course

idiom

To permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference.


Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  2. 02

    better nature

    the more amiable qualities of someone

  3. 03

    buy to let

    To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

  4. 04

    crash course

    A quick, intense course of learning, especially one which is informal or hurried.

  5. 05

    cross to take up

    Alternative form of cross to bear.

  6. 06

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  7. 07

    due course

    Regular or appropriate passage or occurrence

  8. 08

    forget to take one's medication this morning

    To be annoyed or irritable, or to behave in an ill-mannered way, particularly in the morning.

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