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go-ahead
[ goh-uh-hed ]
noun
- Usually the go-ahead. permission or a signal to proceed:
They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- Usually the go-ahead. Baseball. go-ahead run:
With two outs, and the go-ahead on first, Hoffman winds up and delivers the pitch.
- Chiefly Hawaii and California. a sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the next toe.
adjective
- moving forward; advancing.
a go-ahead Yankee peddler.
go ahead
verb
- intr, adverb to start or continue, often after obtaining permission
noun
- the go-ahead informal.permission to proceed
adjective
- enterprising or ambitious
Word History and Origins
Origin of go-ahead1
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.
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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