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run errands

run errands verb: to undertake a journey to complete multiple small tasks of low importance, usually for household or business matters.

Verb

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

  1. To undertake a journey to complete multiple small tasks of low importance, usually for household or business matters.

Forms of run errands

third-person singular presentruns errands
present participlerunning errands
pastran errands
past participlerun errands

Questions about run errands

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

Words near run errands in the dictionary

  1. run counter
  2. run deep
  3. run down
  4. run down the clock
  5. run dry
  6. run errands
  7. run feast
  8. run feasts
  9. run for cover
  10. run for it
  11. run for one's life

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