to send sb on an errand
1send — send1 [send] vt. sent, sending [ME senden < OE sendan, akin to Ger senden, Goth sandjan, caus. formation, “to cause to go” < IE base * sent , to go, find out, discover > L sentire, to feel, sense, OIr sēt, way] 1. a) to cause to go or be …
2errand — noun (C) 1 a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or getting something for them: I have a couple of errands for you. | send sb on an errand: His mother sent him on an errand. | run an errand: Uncle Pio has… …
3errand — 1. noun /ˈɛrənd/ a) A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friends house, etc.) The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting… …
4send — [send] verb sent PTandPP [sent] [transitive] 1. to arrange for something to go to another place: • The computer network can send data at very high speeds. send something to somebody • He sent a memo to board members …
5send on an errand — index delegate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6Send — Send, v. i. 1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. [1913 Webster] See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? 2 Kings vi. 32. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends… …
7errand — UK [ˈerənd] / US noun [countable] Word forms errand : singular errand plural errands a small job that involves going to collect or deliver something I m about to send Tom out on an errand. run an errand (= do an errand): She s out running errands …
8errand — er|rand [ˈerənd] n [: Old English; Origin: Arend] a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them ▪ I seemed to spend my life running errands for people. ▪ She was always sending me on …
9errand — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small ▪ simple ▪ daily (esp. AmE) ▪ last minute VERB + ERRAND ▪ …
10errand — er|rand [ erənd ] noun count a small job that involves going to collect or deliver something: I m about to send Tom out on an errand. run an errand (=do an errand): She s out running errands for her mother …
