send on

Relay to another

To send on is to forward something to its next destination—mail that arrives at an old address gets sent on to the new one, or a message passes through intermediaries before reaching its intended recipient.

I'll send on the documents as soon as they arrive.

The phrase can also mean to dispatch someone ahead of the main group: We sent the scouts on to check the trail.

Related

redirect · refer · transfer · handoff · transmit · route · pass · readdress · convey · next in line · messenger · mail · ship · delegate · bounce · entrust · post · assign

Opposites
direction of transmission

send onreturn to sender

Postal rejection instruction

send back · return · bounce back · repatriate · reject

continuation vs. retention

send onhold

Maintain in grasp

keep · retain · withhold · hold back · keep back

Family

on, send, sent, sending, resent, sends, sender, senders, resend

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