go-ahead

plural go-aheads

1. Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.

   You can start as soon as you get the go-ahead from the president.

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   The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation.

   2009 June 7, Filipe, CNN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023

   Though Pietas has a combination of features that make terraforming a possibility, the rights to the planet have been tied up in Citadel Council courts for the past eight years. The running joke is that by the time the Council finally gives the go-ahead to colonize the planet, Pietas will have evolved life of its own.

   2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Pietas

   Greenwood's time as TSC [Transport Select Committee] chairman came to an end late last year, when MPs finally gave the go-ahead to an early General Election so that the Brexit deadlock in Parliament could be broken.

   2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 34

2. datedplural normallyA flip-flop (footwear).

comparative more go-ahead · superlative most go-ahead

1. comparableProgressive; exerting leadership.

   I work for a very go-ahead company that's always looking for new ideas.

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   This turbulent ruler was a very go-ahead monarch indeed. He organised a splendid army, well-drilled and well-equipped with modern arms

   1906, Arthur Lincoln Haydon, The Book of the V. C., page 150

   "The Sultan's go-ahead, modern in some of his views."

   1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 587

2. comparableDashing; energetic.
3. not comparablehobbiesBeing a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game.

   The pitcher gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.