send ahead

send ahead

To dispatch someone or something to an advanced position or location, as to do or prepare something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "send" and "ahead." I sent my assistant ahead to the hotel to make us a reservation for lunch. I took the liberty of sending ahead your luggage, ma'am. It should be waiting for you upon your arrival.
See also: ahead, send
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • add in
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • all right
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
References in classic literature
I am inclined to believe you can establish your base within a day's march of the city and if such is the case the force you send ahead should have no trouble on the score of lack of water as there certainly must be water in the valley where the city lies.
The materials we are supposed to send ahead are obviously not cement, sand and gravel but rather our acts of piety and good works.
If you complete it and e-mail it back, the Zimbabwean authorities will issue the temporary import permit which your PH can then either meet you at the port of entry with, or send ahead to you.
However, the newspaper asked: "Why did Hizbullah embrace such a negative stance toward Ban's visit and what was the message which the [Shiite group] was seeking to send ahead of the UN Secretary General visit on Friday?" AS SAFIR cited an unnamed source as saying that there are a number of reasons why Hizbullah reacted negatively, among them "the timing of Ban's visit" when the region is witnessing changes that have been whipped by the Arab popular uprisings, "particularly in Syria."
We record whatever (deeds) they send ahead, as well as the traces they leave behind.
Send ahead: photo (call for details), application form.