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go-ahead

[ goh-uh-hed ]

noun

  1. Usually the go-ahead. permission or a signal to proceed:

    They got the go-ahead on the construction work.

  2. Usually the go-ahead. Baseball. go-ahead run:

    With two outs, and the go-ahead on first, Hoffman winds up and delivers the pitch.

  3. Chiefly Hawaii and California. a sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the next toe.


adjective

  1. moving forward; advancing.
  2. a go-ahead Yankee peddler.

go ahead

verb

  1. intr, adverb to start or continue, often after obtaining permission
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the go-ahead informal.
    permission to proceed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. enterprising or ambitious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of go-ahead1

An Americanism first recorded in 1830–40; noun and adjective use of verb phrase go ahead
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Example Sentences

Local authorities met at lunchtime to give the game the go-ahead despite freezing conditions on Merseyside, and the Friedkin Group's bombshell decision was just as cold.

From BBC

Then we got the go-ahead from Disney legal, which was a very important part of the process.

Once again, fate has pitted him against a team he previously defeated, leading his squad on a thrilling 74-yard drive to set up the go-ahead field goal.

Davis, a second-year receiver whose impact was mostly limited to being a field-flipping returner, didn’t have a touchdown on offense before last week’s go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.

Texas A&M would fire back, as quarterback Marcel Reed worked his own magic on a go-ahead touchdown drive, sprinting his way into the end zone with less than two minutes remaining.

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