“the course”

The following 5 entries include the term the course.

clerk of the course

: an official who acts as executive secretary to the board of judges of races or track athletics

in the course of time

idiom

: as time passes

pervert the course of justice

idiom

: to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case

stay the course

idiom

: to continue with a process, effort, etc., even though it is difficult

the course of history

noun phrase

: the way things happened or will happen


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