by return of post en · ADP
Meanings
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(UK) Replying in the next available mail delivery.
B. Gilliat-Smith often said of Dr. Turrill that only two people ever replied to him by return of post, the two being Dr. Turrill, and his Bank Manager.
1973, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 115:In mercantile transactions an offer must as a rule be accepted by return of post, or at any rate by a letter posted on the day on which the offer was received.
1909, Hardinge Stanley Giffard, The Laws of England: Being a Complete Statement of the Whole Laws of England Whole, page 353:
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(UK, broadly, figuratively) Replying immediately or as soon as possible.
Osborn replied almost by return of post that he agreed with my suggestions if we could get together a competent group to do the work.
1987, Sir Frederick James Osborn, Arnold Whittick, F.J.O. - Practical Idealist: A Biography of Sir Frederic Osborn, page 76:
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Translations (4)
pt pela volta do correio (Translations) · fr par retour de courrier (Translations) · pl pocztą zwrotną (Translations) · fi ensi postilla (Translations)