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 two-time Oscar winner is set to star as Alpha One, the leader of an alien gang sent on a mission to conquer Earth. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024 The Colombian woman’s translation exactly matched a WhatsApp message that was later sent on Knezevich Henao’s phone. —

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024 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

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