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FOOL'S ERRAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fool's errand mean? 

FOOL'S ERRAND (noun)
  The noun FOOL'S ERRAND has 1 sense:

1. a fruitless missionplay

  Familiarity information: FOOL'S ERRAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOOL'S ERRAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fruitless mission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fool's errand" is a kind of...):

charge; commission; mission (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)


 Context examples 


But it ended in nothing, and I will not be sent on a fool's errand again.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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