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.
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Following his dreamlike revelation in November 1964, Moynihan got the go-ahead to look into helping Black fathers and families specifically.
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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
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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
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“The go-ahead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20go-ahead. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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