send ahead for (someone or something)
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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.
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.