Do Errands or Make Errands?

To make a short trip to complete a specific task or chore.

How do you use errand in a sentence?

(1) She went off on some errand. (2) My mother asked me to go on an errand - she wanted me to buy some food. (3) I couldn't stop because I was on an errand. (4) She's gone on an errand for her mother.

Do or go errands?

An errand is a short trip to fulfill some small business. When you're running errands, you're making a bunch of these all at once. The noun errand can refer to the mission of the trip itself.

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