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running errands

running errands is the present participle and gerund of run errands.

Meaning of run errands

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.

Questions about running errands

What is running errands the present participle and gerund of?
Running errands is the present participle and gerund of run errands.

Words near running errands in the dictionary

  1. running dog
  2. running dogs
  3. running down
  4. running down the clock
  5. running dry
  6. running errands
  7. running fight
  8. running fights
  9. running fire
  10. running flush
  11. running flushes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running errands (page history and authors); run errands (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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