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errand
[ er-uhnd ]
noun
- a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
Synonyms: , , ,
- the purpose of such a trip:
He finished his errands.
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- a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.
errand
/ ˈɛ°ùÉ™²Ô»å /
noun
- a short trip undertaken to perform a necessary task or commission (esp in the phrase run errands )
- the purpose or object of such a trip
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of errand1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of errand1
Idioms and Phrases
see fool's errand ; run an errand .Example Sentences
Maybe it’s a fool’s errand to look for logic in a film about unicorns, but an effective satire demands a realistic, recognizable framework.
Vance sneaks in a reference to "Severance" as he contemplates the absurdity of running errands for the erratic president.
But the soundtrack is also its own evocative work of intoxicating techno-brood, one that could be piped from your car speakers to readily turn any routine neighborhood errand into a suddenly ominous excursion.
Days before her death, Arakawa was seen on surveillance video running errands around Santa Fe.
“If we care about crime and want to enhance public safety, targeting immigration as the solution to the crime problem is a fool’s errand,†she said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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