run its course

Despite Atomic Kitten's protests, the magic may have run its course.

“I realized that the military side of the struggle had run its course,” Mr. McCann said.

“Sometimes tokenism has run its course. I don’t want to just be that person,” he said.

According to her, she and Allen both agreed the series had run its course — the ratings had dwindled and Thomas, a fan favorite among younger viewers, had exited the series at the top of the eighth season.

So, it comes down to if Bill Carstanjen, the chief executive at Churchill Downs, believes that a penance has been paid or if, according to a recent court filing by Baffert owner Amr Zedan, Carstanjen is “pursuing a crazed vendetta at the expense of letting fair, healthy competition run its course.”