wire ahead

wire ahead

To send some communication or information electronically, as via telegraph or radio, to a location before one arrives there. I wired ahead so that our rooms would be ready by the time we arrived. The embassy said they would wire ahead for an envoy to meet us at the airport.
See also: ahead, wire
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wire ahead (for something)

to send a telegram to one's destination, requesting something to be available upon one's arrival. I wired ahead for a room. I hope that they still have one by the time we get to the hotel. We wired ahead for reservations.
See also: ahead, wire
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • over and out
  • wire for
  • wire for (something)
  • jungle telegraph
  • on the grapevine
  • on/through the grapevine
  • through the grapevine
  • wire back to
  • wire back to (one)
  • the bush telegraph
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