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 deer was sent on its way, but not before posing for a selfie.
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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
From the way Wu describes it, a player’s crew has traits and they can even be sent on quests to bring back resources and prizes that players need.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
All year, farmworkers snip flowers by hand, mostly in Colombia and Ecuador, to be sent on cargo planes to Miami, where they are inspected and then loaded on trucks to reach every mainland state.
—Patricia Mazzei Scott McIntyre, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Recall notification letters are expected to be sent on May 15.
—USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Ukrainian Railway reported that several areas of its network lost power and trains were being sent on roundabout routes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
The company referred to notifications people are sent on their devices if there is an AirTag tracking them.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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
From the way Wu describes it, a player’s crew has traits and they can even be sent on quests to bring back resources and prizes that players need.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
All year, farmworkers snip flowers by hand, mostly in Colombia and Ecuador, to be sent on cargo planes to Miami, where they are inspected and then loaded on trucks to reach every mainland state.
—Patricia Mazzei Scott McIntyre, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Recall notification letters are expected to be sent on May 15.
—USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Ukrainian Railway reported that several areas of its network lost power and trains were being sent on roundabout routes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
The company referred to notifications people are sent on their devices if there is an AirTag tracking them.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Send on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20on. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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