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wire ahead

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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


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On a spinning rod, tie in a short, thin segment of wire ahead of your hook.
But the centre-back's loan move, with a view to a permanent deal in the January transfer window, could go to the wire ahead of tomorrow's game after plans for Clint Hill to move the opposite way to Selhurst Park hit a stumbling block.
Cleverly, the game assumes the VC have left a few signs around to warn their own soldiers of the danger and you have to learn to spot the twig-arrow on the ground subtly pointing to the trip wire ahead.
 
 
 
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