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  • noun Plural form of errand.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of errand.

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Examples

  • I also daisy-chain errands and go through them in a “right-hand-turns-only” sequence.

    Being Green | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008

  • But doing supposedly-simple things like running errands is always a battle in New York City: going to the bank, or buying something at Bed, Bath & Beyond.

    Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2006

  • You call him on his cell phone during one of his "errands" - and he thinks he has hit "ignore" but instead answers, and he says, (thinking that he is still talking to her) "…. you can't come up to me like that in public, she has a huge network of friends that I don't know about, so you have to keep it on the down-low" ….

    Southern Maryland Community Forums MissBtrayed 2009

  • You call him on his cell phone during one of his "errands" - and he thinks he has hit "ignore" but instead answers, and he says, (thinking that he is still talking to her) "…. you can't come up to me like that in public, she has a huge network of friends that I don't know about, so you have to keep it on the down-low" ….

    Southern Maryland Community Forums MissBtrayed 2009

  • Running errands is next to impossible to do via bus without trying to jump from route to route, which doesn’t work with the schedules set.

    PIMP MY ECO-RIDE CONTEST: Win a Strida Folding Bike! | Inhabitat 2009

  • I find my son is a much more willing participant in errands and and bedtime and sitting at the dinner table on days he’s had lots of movement.

    Rebel Angel | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • For instance, here I am at Crossroads Mall’s DOL, and that long line isn’t to be dreaded anymore, because I can get the library’s wifi from all the way over here, so while they are making me wait, I’m checking email and getting my phone call errands done, scheduling appointments for future days.

    Erranding: hurry up and wait | Seattle Metblogs 2005

  • Meanwhile, he went on, you also know that later today you have to pick up the dry cleaning or run certain errands.

    Understanding TBI and the mysteries of the brain Christian Davenport 2010

  • Meanwhile, he went on, you also know that later today you have to pick up the dry cleaning or run certain errands.

    Understanding TBI and the mysteries of the brain Christian Davenport 2010

  • And that walking included errands, which are now completed errands, which is still more virtue.

    a hell of a way to run a railroad kit_kindred 2008

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