Verb
run errands (third-person singular simple present runs errands, present participle running errands, simple past ran errands, past participle run errands)
To undertake a journey to complete multiple small tasks of low importance, usually for household or business matters.
Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands as often as you can - in other words, think of walking as alternative transportation. Andrew Weil
The Saudi ideal of a woman is a religious mother who rarely ventures out: She shouldn't work with men, she should be completely covered, and she shouldn't go out alone to run errands. Manal al-Sharif
I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that. Vanessa Paradis
I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing. Nathan Fillion