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
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Ferazzi snapped this shot as Shohei Ohtani slid safely into home to score the go-ahead run on a Will Smith single Friday night against the Reds.
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Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
That won’t be the case in 2024 with Mystik Dan getting the go-ahead from his trainer Kenny McPeek on Saturday after the 3-year-old’s post-race recovery went well.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Formal adoption means that the project has the go-ahead to move to the construction phase, with a planned 2035 launch.
—Gaurav Khanna, The Conversation, 15 May 2024
Knocking Yoshinobu Yamamoto from the game with two outs in the sixth inning, Ramos delivered the go-ahead hit after the Dodgers starter issued his first two walks of the game.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
The ball went into left field, allowing the go-ahead run to score from second.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
Given the go-ahead by the California Department of Insurance this week, Travelers will update its rates for more than 320,000 homeowners starting June 24.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
For example, the city’s Alga Norte Park, a 32-acre complex with an aquatics center, three sports fields, a skate park and more opened at the end of 2013 more than 15 years after getting the go-ahead, ending with costs of about $40 million.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
The sophomore also drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a single.
—Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
That won’t be the case in 2024 with Mystik Dan getting the go-ahead from his trainer Kenny McPeek on Saturday after the 3-year-old’s post-race recovery went well.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Formal adoption means that the project has the go-ahead to move to the construction phase, with a planned 2035 launch.
—Gaurav Khanna, The Conversation, 15 May 2024
Knocking Yoshinobu Yamamoto from the game with two outs in the sixth inning, Ramos delivered the go-ahead hit after the Dodgers starter issued his first two walks of the game.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
The ball went into left field, allowing the go-ahead run to score from second.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
Given the go-ahead by the California Department of Insurance this week, Travelers will update its rates for more than 320,000 homeowners starting June 24.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
For example, the city’s Alga Norte Park, a 32-acre complex with an aquatics center, three sports fields, a skate park and more opened at the end of 2013 more than 15 years after getting the go-ahead, ending with costs of about $40 million.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
The sophomore also drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a single.
—Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
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“The go-ahead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20go-ahead. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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