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

Reliever Luke Weaver walked the free-swinging Ceddanne Rafaela, gave up a hustle double to Nick Sogard, then surrendered the go-ahead two-run single to pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida that ultimately proved to be the deciding blow. —Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025

Wagenman also said patients get at least eight letters in the mail and several phone calls before Grand River gives the go-ahead for the collector to send them to court. —Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025

Two plays later, Swift scored the go-ahead touchdown. —Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

Stanford scored the go-ahead touchdown four plays later, a one-yard rushing touchdown by Sedrick Irvin with 19 seconds remaining. —Aaron Johnson, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the go-ahead

• abed
• ahead
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