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milk run

n. Slang

A routine trip, usually involving stops at many places.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

milk run

(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`

a routine trip or undertaking.

[1920–25]

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