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.

Examples of the go-ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Freddie Freeman delivered a walk-off home run in the 18th inning in Game 3, Miguel Rojas delivered a top of the ninth inning homer in Game 7 — which tied the game at 4-4 — and in the same game, Will Smith hit the go-ahead home run in the 11th inning. —Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

Catcher Will Smith hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the 11th inning, and series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched the final 2 2/3 innings a day after going six innings as the game six starter. —Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025

But with his previous team, the Philadelphia Phillies, Hoffman had entered a seventh game with the score tied and allowed the go-ahead hit on a hanging slider that would haunt him for months. —Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025

Haley Hopkins delivered the go-ahead score in the 75th minute to wrap the match. —Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for the go-ahead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead