forward

Related to forward: Forward contract

forward on

To send something on to a subsequent recipient, destination, or address. A noun or pronoun can be used between "forward" and "on." I took the liberty of forwarding on the contract to our London office. You can just forward that letter on to my attorney.
See also: forward, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

forward something (from some place) (to someone or some place)

to send something onward to someone from the place it was originally received. We forwarded the letter from Chicago to Springfield. Kelly forwarded the letter to her brother.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • back and forth
  • backward and forward
  • backward(s) about coming forward
  • backward(s) and forward(s)
  • be (not) backward in coming forward
  • bend forward
  • best foot forward
  • bring forward
  • call (one) forward
  • call forward
  • carry forward
  • come forward
  • face forward
  • flash forward
  • forward
  • forward on
  • from this day forward
  • from this day on
  • go forward
  • go forward with
  • go forward with (something)
  • inch forward
  • incline forward
  • know (something) backward and forward
  • know (something) forward and backward
  • know (something) forward(s) and backward(s)
  • lean forward
  • leap forward
  • look forward to
  • look forward to (something)
  • lurch forward
  • move forward
  • move forward with
  • move the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • one step forward and two steps back
  • one step forward, two back
  • one step forward, two steps back
  • pass forward
  • pitch forward
  • press forward
  • push forward
  • put (one's) best foot forward
  • put best foot forward
  • put forward
  • put one's best foot forward
  • put one's best foot forward, to
  • put the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • put your best foot forward
  • set forward
  • set the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • spring forward, fall back
  • step forward
  • thrust forward
  • turn the/(one's) clock(s) forward
  • two steps forward and one step back
  • urge (one) forward
  • urge forward
References in classic literature
Goading him on the ape-man finally succeeded in getting the lion sufficiently far into the tunnel so that there was no chance of his escaping other than by going forward or deliberately backing into the sharp blade at his rear.
Suddenly he leaped forward and Tarzan knew that he had caught the scent of meat ahead.
When Tarzan reached the trench and emerged into it there was no one in sight in that particular bay, nor in the next, nor the next as he hurried forward in the direction of the German center; but in the fourth bay he saw a dozen men jammed in the angle of the traverse at the end while leaping upon them and rending with talons and fangs was Numa, a terrific incarnation of ferocity and ravenous hunger.
They ran forward, shouting warnings; but above the pandemonium of the trenches and the machine gun their voices could not reach him.
It was no man who leaped forward upon that Boche officer, striking aside the sharp bayonet as one might strike aside a straw in a baby's hand--it was a wild beast and the roar of a wild beast was upon those savage lips, for as that strange sense that Tarzan owned in common with the other jungle-bred creatures of his wild domain warned him of the presence behind him and he had whirled to meet the attack, his eyes had seen the corps and regimental insignia upon the other's blouse--it was the same as that worn by the murderers of his wife and his people, by the despoilers of his home and his happiness.
The Rhodesians started forward, a cheer upon their lips-a cheer that never was uttered--a cheer that froze in their throats, for at that moment Tarzan placed a foot upon the carcass of his kill and, raising his face to the heavens, gave voice to the weird and terrifying victory cry of the bull ape.
Tarzan the Untamed
Again he directs his eyes forward; they slowly traverse that malign and awful crest.
A Son of the Gods
Attending to sheets and tacks now left me little time to see what was taking place, but I happened to be on the poop when Wolf Larsen ordered the two strange sailors forward and into the forecastle.
The boat-puller obeyed, taking a turn around the little forward thwart and paying the line as it jerked taut.
As fast as the prisoners came over the rail they were marshalled forward to the forecastle by our hunters, while our sailors hoisted in the boats, pell-mell, dropping them anywhere upon the deck and not stopping to lash them.
He still held the wheel, and I felt that he was timing Time, reckoning the passage of the minutes with each forward lunge and leeward roll of the Ghost.
When all was ready, the word "hard-a-lee" was passed forward to me from man to man; and the Ghost heeled about on the port tack with practically no noise at all.
The Sea Wolf
A small brass cannon stood on the forward deck of the Tankadere, for making signals in the fogs.
Around The World In Eighty Days
At such a moment as this, came from away forward that most appalling of all cries that are ever heard at sea:
We had groped our slippery way forward, and were now bailing with the frenzy of despair, when we heard the mate's terrified cry, from far aft:
Tramp Abroad