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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Messi equalized from the penalty spot in the 77th minute and scored the go-ahead goal in the 88th minute.
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Hoffman caught a touchdown pass and ran for the go-ahead score.
—Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Matt Shaw, representing the go-ahead run, got too far off second and was doubled up to end the eighth inning Thursday on Michael Busch’s liner to second baseman Casey Schmitt.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
From there, Kyle Isbel brought home the go-ahead run with an RBI.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Hoffman caught a touchdown pass and ran for the go-ahead score.
—Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Matt Shaw, representing the go-ahead run, got too far off second and was doubled up to end the eighth inning Thursday on Michael Busch’s liner to second baseman Casey Schmitt.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
From there, Kyle Isbel brought home the go-ahead run with an RBI.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
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“The go-ahead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20go-ahead. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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