make deliveries
idiom
: to take goods to customers
The supermarket makes deliveries for free within 30 miles of the store.
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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.
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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
Delivery robots, which don't ask for tips, will make deliveries cheaper, increasing demand among consumers and leading to more human and robotic delivery jobs, Kashani says.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
The company doesn’t allow semitrailers on site except to make deliveries.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
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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
Delivery robots, which don't ask for tips, will make deliveries cheaper, increasing demand among consumers and leading to more human and robotic delivery jobs, Kashani says.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
The company doesn’t allow semitrailers on site except to make deliveries.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Make deliveries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20deliveries. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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