the go-ahead

noun

: permission to do something

We've finally been given the go-ahead for the project.

The company received/got the go-ahead to manufacture the new drug.

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Voters this year also gave the state the go-ahead to spend 7% of the fund’s value each year, a 1.5% increase from before. —

Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024 Mookie Betts celebrates with teammates after driving in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Not as Washington turned a Moss interception into the go-ahead scoring drive. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024 Dream Golf was given the go-ahead to add Old Shores to the development portfolio that includes Rodeo Dunes (Colorado) and Wild Spring Dunes (Texas) after applying for and receiving a Development Order from Washington County in Florida. —

Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the go-ahead