send ahead for
send ahead for (someone or something)
1. To dispatch a request for someone or something to be ready or available by the time that one arrives. The conductor of the train sent ahead for a doctor to meet them at the next station to treat the ill passenger. I always send ahead for a limo to pick me up from the airport whenever I fly.
2. To direct someone to travel ahead in order to bring back or make ready or available someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "send" and "ahead." I sent my assistant ahead for lunch reservations at the hotel. The whole unit was moving slower due to the lieutenant's injuries, so they sent me ahead for help.
See also: ahead, send
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
send ahead for something
to send a message for something to be ready or available when one arrives. I will send ahead for a taxi to meet us at the station. We sent ahead for room reservations at the hotel.
See also: ahead, send
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- send ahead for (someone or something)
- send (someone or something) to (someone, something, or some place)
- send to
- send around for
- send around for (someone or something)
- send into
- send into (something or some place)
- send into a state or condition
- send after
- send after (someone or something)