send on

phrasal verb

sent on; sending on; sends on
: to cause (something) to go or to be carried from one place to another
I had my mail/post sent on to my new address.
He had his baggage sent on ahead.

Examples of send on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The wording of the text exactly matched a WhatsApp message that was later sent on Knezevich Henao’s phone. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024 Notification letters are expected to be sent on May 20. Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024 The 17 ballots under review either arrived without postmark dates that showed whether they were sent on or before Election Day or with dates that were illegible. Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024 Ultimately, Hartmann got the measure passed by the APA assembly and sent on to the board for the pivotal, and successful, December 1973 vote. Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024 The episodes then end with the kid packing up Knuffle Bunny to send on to the next location. Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024 The deer was sent on its way, but not before posing for a selfie. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024 They’d been sent on their own to a grid coördinate in Tabaivka, with a mandate to remain there until they were relieved. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 Creation Originale Language: French, German A mysterious group of French soldiers with superhuman abilities are sent on an undercover mission to put an end to the First World War. Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024

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“Send on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20on. Accessed 10 May. 2024.

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