Go to perform a commission, as in I spent the morning running household errands--to the cleaners, the supermarket, the hardware store. [c. 1500]
| Idioms: 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]
| Dr. Broadway (1942 Crime Film) | |
| Two Hands (1999 Crime Film) | |
| errand |
| Who runs errands for legislators? | |
| Shop for groceries last after all other errands have been run.? | |
| Can anyone think of a catchy Name for an errand running business? |
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