run an errand
Go to perform a commission, as in I spent the morning running household errands—to the cleaners, the supermarket, the hardware store. [c. 1500]
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run afoul of, run after, run against, run along, run amok, run an errand, run around, run around in circles, run around like a chicken, run around with, run away
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