milk run

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milk run

n. Slang
A routine trip, usually involving stops at many places.
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milk run

n
(Aeronautics) aeronautics informal a routine and uneventful flight, esp on a dangerous mission
[C20: referring to the regular and safe routine of a milkman's round]
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milk′ run`


n.
a routine trip or undertaking.
[1920–25]
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