get the nod
idiom
: to get approval
We're waiting to get the nod from the city to start the project.
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Jordan Hicks will get the nod Friday in the Giants’ home opener.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Of the 10 players who started FIU’s 2023 baseball opener, only one will get the nod on Friday, when the Panthers are set to open Year 2 under coach Rich Witten.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
As many as seven Pac-12 teams could get the nod but the Bears, at No. 59 in the NET, figure to land in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT), formerly known as the WNIT.
—Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
That may best reflect why the Bills standout – despite his heavy load – didn't get the nod in an AFC loaded with premier quarterbacks.
—USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will get the nod.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
This time though, no candidate reached the 60% threshold necessary to get the nod.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Will junior walk-on Bryson Barnes get the nod if Rising isn’t ready to go?
—Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
But whether Tusk would get the nod to form a centrist, pro-Europe government remained uncertain.
—Annabelle Chapman, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Of the 10 players who started FIU’s 2023 baseball opener, only one will get the nod on Friday, when the Panthers are set to open Year 2 under coach Rich Witten.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
As many as seven Pac-12 teams could get the nod but the Bears, at No. 59 in the NET, figure to land in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT), formerly known as the WNIT.
—Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
That may best reflect why the Bills standout – despite his heavy load – didn't get the nod in an AFC loaded with premier quarterbacks.
—USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will get the nod.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
This time though, no candidate reached the 60% threshold necessary to get the nod.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Will junior walk-on Bryson Barnes get the nod if Rising isn’t ready to go?
—Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
But whether Tusk would get the nod to form a centrist, pro-Europe government remained uncertain.
—Annabelle Chapman, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
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