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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

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The revised policy was given the go-ahead at a recent board meeting but discussions aimed at updating the current guidelines had been ongoing for some time.

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James coming up with a pair of massive defensive stops and Finney-Smith hitting a go-ahead three.

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The Dodgers had the potential go-ahead runs in scoring position.

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The Dodgers seemed to flip the script in the top of the seventh, scoring five times in an inning keyed by Freddie Freeman’s go-ahead two-run double down the left field line.

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He tells me all sorts of dishes will be possible, once he gets the go-ahead to use lab-grown ingredients.

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