expression, godan verb (-ru)
send a messenger; send someone on an errand
Used when dispatching a person to deliver a message or run an errand. The messenger is typically a subordinate or someone under the speaker's direction.
彼は部下に使いをやった。
He sent a messenger to his subordinate.
母は私に隣の家へ使いをやった。
My mother sent me on an errand to the neighbor's house.