Milk-run
noun, Slang.
1.
a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty:
The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
noun
1.
(aeronautics, informal) a routine and uneventful flight, esp on a dangerous mission
noun phrase
[fr the stopping of a train at every rural station to pick up milk for delivery to the cities]
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