Need Someone To Run Your Errands? There's An App For That

Lindsey Hoshaw, Forbes
Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:00pm

I got an average Joe to tackle one of the worst household chores imaginable???cleaning a Mt. Everest

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RUN ERRANDS | English meaning
to go out to buy or do something: run errands for After school he runs errands for his father. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Helping and co-operating. abet. accommodative. any port in a storm idiom. assist. assist with something.
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‘Run Errands’: Definition, Meaning, and Examples
In short, ‘run errands’ means to go out and buy things or pay bills. Essentially, it means to go out and take care of the responsibilities necessary to run your household, which might include picking up groceries or paying the light bill.
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"Errands to run": Meaning, Context & Examples
Having errands to run means there are tasks you need to complete outside of your home. These are usually things to do with personal administration and home economics, including shopping, picking up dry cleaning, going to the bank, and delivering things to friends.
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run errands
Principales traductions. Anglais. Français. run errands v expr. (go out to do chores) faire des courses loc v. I've been running errands all morning, and still haven't finished everything I need to do! J'ai fait des courses toute la matinée, et je n'ai pas encore terminé tout ce que je dois faire !
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Definition of 'to run an errand'
phrase. If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere . She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain. See full dictionary entry for errand.
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