run an errand
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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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Words nearby run an errand
run after, run against, runagate, run along, run amok, run an errand, runanga, run a risk, runaround, run around in circles, run around like a chicken
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