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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
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.
James coming up with a pair of massive defensive stops and Finney-Smith hitting a go-ahead three.
The Dodgers had the potential go-ahead runs in scoring position.
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.
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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