make deliveries
idiom
: to take goods to customers
The supermarket makes deliveries for free within 30 miles of the store.
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This type of work will also become increasingly precarious for those who want to do it full time; a college student likely won’t venture on to the streets of NYC to make deliveries between classes, but could easily pop on a headset and crank out a few in their spare time.
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Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Amazon has also recently expanded another program, launched in 2023, that enlists mom-and-pop shops in rural towns to make deliveries on the company’s behalf.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
My job was to stock the new paperbacks that came in every week, make deliveries to downtown offices, and take the mail across the street to the little post office inside the Federal Building.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2025
Abrego Garcia’s job was to buy ingredients from the grocery store and make deliveries with his brother.
—Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Amazon has also recently expanded another program, launched in 2023, that enlists mom-and-pop shops in rural towns to make deliveries on the company’s behalf.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
My job was to stock the new paperbacks that came in every week, make deliveries to downtown offices, and take the mail across the street to the little post office inside the Federal Building.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2025
Abrego Garcia’s job was to buy ingredients from the grocery store and make deliveries with his brother.
—Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Make deliveries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20deliveries. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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