Idiom Breakdown

let nature take its course

EUPHEMISTIC English euphemismsEnglish imperative sentences

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Definition

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

To allow a person or animal to die without medical or other attempts to forestall death.

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""Do you mean to put a secret-service operative aboard disguised as a deckhand?" "Huh! Skinner, you distress me. I'm going to put Matt Peasley aboard the Quickstep as second mate, and let Nature take its course.""
"A boat trip to St. Joe! I and the Missus and the two love birds. And I'd see to it that the chaperons kept their distance and let Nature take its course."
"I have slashed veins in my ankles and am pleasantly bleeding to death in this hot water. There is no greater kindness you can do me than to let nature take its course."
"Her life is not worth living, people say; see, she is dependent on others even for food and water; let nature take its course."

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