take a course
follow a course

Anything to focus on, to keep my mind from following its own dark course.

He said China had followed its own course for 5,000 years and would continue to do so.

She's never been one to let things follow their natural course.

But so far I believe we have followed the right course.

Other western countries followed a different course but the result was similar.

At this point he turned west again, and began to follow its course.

She was going to follow the course, find out where it led.

The program did not exactly follow the course of events "outside."

"I think they should just allow the due process to follow its course."

From here, the road follows its own course for the next 25 miles.