- send someone (out) on an errand
- send someone (out) on an errandto dispatch someone to perform an errand. •
Jerry will be back in a minute. I sent him out on an errand.
•Who sent you on an errand?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
send someone (out) on an errand
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