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run an errand

run an errand verb: to undertake a journey to complete a small task of low importance, usually for household or business matters.

Verb

run an errand (third-person singular simple present runs an errand, present participle running an errand, simple past ran an errand, past participle run an errand)

  1. To undertake a journey to complete a small task of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
    • She sometimes runs errands for me if I'm not well enough to go out.

Forms of run an errand

third-person singular presentruns an errand
present participlerunning an errand
pastran an errand
past participlerun an errand

Questions about run an errand

What does run an errand mean?
Run an errand means to undertake a journey to complete a small task of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
What part of speech is run an errand?
Run an errand is a verb.
What is the past tense of run an errand?
The past tense of run an errand is ran an errand.

Words near run an errand in the dictionary

  1. run aground
  2. run ahead
  3. run along
  4. run amok
  5. run amuck
  6. run an errand
  7. run and gun
  8. run and gunned
  9. run and repeat
  10. run and repeated
  11. run around

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