beer run
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7.2
- noun
- /bɪr rʌn/
- Informal
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- Before the party starts, we need to make a beer run to the store.
- make a beer run
- go on a beer run
Examples
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Why don't you hop in the car and make a beer run?
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Her brothers had made a beer run earlier in the day, and the dark bottles were stashed everywhere in and around the dozen or so chicken and tuna casseroles, coffee cakes, jellied salads, and cookie tins that jammed the shelves.
Fiction book (1990) -
- Have to go for a beer run.
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No, I think they were going on a beer run.
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Can you make a beer run?
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We'll make a beer run.
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Time for a beer run.
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I don't know, they're on a beer run or something.
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Beer run, man.
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WE CAN GO ON A BEER RUN, RIGHT?
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a quick trip to buy beer' is directly derivable from combining 'beer' (the item) with 'run' used in the sense of a short trip or errand. English commonly forms phrases like 'a run to the store' or 'a milk run', so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The phrase beer run comes from a simple picture: someone making a short run to buy beer before a party runs out. So beer run now means 'a quick trip to get beer', often to stop guests from running out of drinks.