in the ordinary course of things

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• in the ordinary course of things — in the ordinary, normal, etc. course of events, things, etc. idiom as things usually happen Syn: ↑normally • In the normal course of things we would not treat her disappearance as suspicious. Main entry: ↑courseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• in the normal course of things — in the ordinary, normal, etc. course of events, things, etc. idiom as things usually happen Syn: ↑normally • In the normal course of things we would not treat her disappearance as suspicious. Main entry: ↑courseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• in the ordinary course of events — in the normal/ordinary/course of events phrase used when you are saying what would normally happen In the normal course of events police would not respond to this situation. Thesaurus: ordinary and normalsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• in the normal course of events — in the normal/ordinary/course of events phrase used when you are saying what would normally happen In the normal course of events police would not respond to this situation. Thesaurus: ordinary and normalsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

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