- run errands
- {v. phr.} To carry messages or perform similar minor tasks. * /Peter runs errands for our entire neighborhood to make some extra money./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run errands
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run errands — To be sent to convey messages or perform small pieces of business • • • Main Entry: ↑errand … Useful english dictionary
run errands — {v. phr.} To carry messages or perform similar minor tasks. * /Peter runs errands for our entire neighborhood to make some extra money./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run\ errands — v. phr. To carry messages or perform similar minor tasks. Peter runs errands for our entire neighborhood to make some extra money … Словарь американских идиом
run errands for — do everyday tasks for , go out and take care of the everyday tasks of (such as food shopping, going to the bank, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
run — I. verb (ran; also chiefly dialect run; run; running) Etymology: Middle English ronnen, alteration of rinnen, verbi. (from Old English iernan, rinnan & Old Norse rinna) & of rennen, verbt., from Old Norse renna; akin to Old High German rinnan,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
run along — {v.} To go away; leave. * /Joan said she had errands to do and must run along./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run along — {v.} To go away; leave. * /Joan said she had errands to do and must run along./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run around — or[chase around] {v.}, {informal} To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends. * /Tim hasn t been to a dance all year; with school work and his job, he hasn t time to run around./ * /Chuck and Jim chase around a lot together./… … Dictionary of American idioms
run around — or[chase around] {v.}, {informal} To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends. * /Tim hasn t been to a dance all year; with school work and his job, he hasn t time to run around./ * /Chuck and Jim chase around a lot together./… … Dictionary of American idioms
run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
