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.
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From there they must be sent on to Philadelphia along old copper telecom lines — a situation that introduces latency into the system and can cause outages.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Some had been sent on their Honor Flight thanks to Rowe students’ donations, like Korean War veterans Marshall Varano and Rancho Santa Fe resident George Souza, who went on their trips in 2018.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
And families who received a diagnosis were often handed a pamphlet and sent on their way, forced to become experts overnight.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The details of each unit—CPU, memory, HDD size—are taken down and added to the asset tag, and the device is sent on to be physically examined.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Some had been sent on their Honor Flight thanks to Rowe students’ donations, like Korean War veterans Marshall Varano and Rancho Santa Fe resident George Souza, who went on their trips in 2018.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
And families who received a diagnosis were often handed a pamphlet and sent on their way, forced to become experts overnight.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The details of each unit—CPU, memory, HDD size—are taken down and added to the asset tag, and the device is sent on to be physically examined.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
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“Send on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20on. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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