the green light

noun

: permission to start or continue something (such as a project)

His boss finally gave him the green light to start the new project.

Examples of the green light in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Green loves having the green light to roam and wreak havoc as a help defender. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024

Photograph: Devin Christopher Caceres’ pitch never got the green light. —Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024

Patel finally got the green light in 2018, with plans to begin filming Monkey Man in early 2020. —Devan Coggan, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024

Adding the green light, both lights make two spots. —Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024

Don’t take this as the green light to start planting them. —Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2024

And McConnell, who had backed the bill, gave his members the green light to oppose it, a source familiar with the Republicans’ closed-door meeting said yesterday. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024

Ed now has the green light to expand to the remainder of the district. —Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024

Off the back of that trial and others in Canberra, Queensland developed testing protocols, and gave the green light for chemically-checking drugs in February 2023. —Lars Brandle, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024