the go-ahead

noun

: permission to do something

We've finally been given the go-ahead for the project.

The company received/got the go-ahead to manufacture the new drug.

Examples of the go-ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following his dreamlike revelation in November 1964, Moynihan got the go-ahead to look into helping Black fathers and families specifically. —Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025

Marchand scored the go-ahead goal later in the period as the Panthers rolled the Oilers in second frame. —Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025

Weighing conditions including the weather, disagreements among other military leaders and strategic uncertainty, Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for the operation to begin before dawn on June 5, 1944. —Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 June 2025

But with the go-ahead run on second base in the eighth inning, Roberts summoned Freeman off the bench. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025

Rhymes for the go-ahead

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