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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The council voted 6-2 to authorize Key Capture to go ahead with its plan to just south of the Lost Acres Fire Department along Salmon Brook Street.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration can go ahead with plans to fire dozens of officers from the CIA and other intelligence agencies who had temporary jobs working on diversity programs, a federal judge ruled.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration can go ahead with plans to fire dozens of officers from the CIA and other intelligence agencies who had temporary jobs working on diversity programs, a federal judge ruled.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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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 27 Mar. 2025.
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