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Discover LudwigThe phrase "run errands for" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to complete small tasks or errands on behalf of someone else. Example: "I asked my sister to run errands for me while I was at work." In this sentence, the speaker is asking their sister to complete errands or tasks on their behalf.
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He will just run errands for the President.
The driver also keeps your car polished and can occasionally run errands for you.
I'd run errands for the players — I got a job picking up tonic bottles and putting them in the case.
They run errands for elderly widows, find jobs for customers' children and organize local festivals and events.
Mr. Lundy would run errands for Mr. Lang, picking up pizza and beer for a little pocket money, they said.
He has had to digest the idiosyncrasies of the Nets' system while also being expected, as the rookie, to run errands for his teammates.
He would, he says, follow these preachers around and run errands for them, to be near them and to learn as much as he could.
Pat Houston went out to run errands for about a half hour and when she came back, Whitney Houston's assistant went to check on the singer.
Howard softens his voice — he almost croons — and his Harvey moves catlike through the city, attended by a posse of boys who run errands for him.
He headed to SoHo to run errands for his grandmother while she was teaching, or to play at his grandfather's studio, filled with art and poetry.
Mr. Struna drives the cab regularly, to run errands, for doctor appointments and to take his wife where she wants to go.
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