errand

2 definitions • 4 examples

a task that involves going somewhere either to take a message or to take or collect something:

do errands I'll meet you at six, I've got some errands to do first.

run errands She used to spend a lot of time running errands for elderly and disabled people in the neighbourhood.

a short trip you make to do something, such as buying or delivering things in the neighborhood:

He would clean, do errands, and babysit for their 7-year-old daughter.

I’ve got to run a few errands (= do errands) and then stop by my mother’s.