go ahead with (something)
idiom
1
: to do (something) after planning to do it
Despite the bad weather, they decided to go ahead with the party.
2
: to do (something) after getting permission to do it
My boss told me to go ahead with the project.
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Trump is set to go ahead with tariffs on America’s three biggest trading partners on Tuesday, imposing 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico and hiking tariffs implemented on China.
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John Towfighi, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Shares of the industrial conglomerate rose in midday trading after Bloomberg reported the company plans to go ahead with activist Elliot Management’s plan and separate its aerospace business from its automation business.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
The lineup includes the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, whose leadership voted Wednesday night to go ahead with their annual meeting later this month in downtown L.A. and to donate $100,000 to relief efforts.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
But Vanity Fair plans to go ahead with its Oscar-week events and will support two local organizations: the Motion Picture & Television Fund and Baby2Baby.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Shares of the industrial conglomerate rose in midday trading after Bloomberg reported the company plans to go ahead with activist Elliot Management’s plan and separate its aerospace business from its automation business.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
The lineup includes the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, whose leadership voted Wednesday night to go ahead with their annual meeting later this month in downtown L.A. and to donate $100,000 to relief efforts.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
But Vanity Fair plans to go ahead with its Oscar-week events and will support two local organizations: the Motion Picture & Television Fund and Baby2Baby.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Go ahead with (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20ahead%20with%20%28something%29. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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