nod through

verb

to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.

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Meanings

verbnod through (third-person singular simple present nods through, present participle nodding through, simple past and past participle nodded through)

present singular third person nods through · participle present nodding through · participle past nodded through · past nodded through

  1. transitiveto listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.

    […]burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.

    September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian
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APA

nod through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nod%20through

MLA

“nod through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nod%20through. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nod through,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nod%20through.

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