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

Once Mother Nature has given you the go-ahead, Vater recommends planting broadleaf evergreens such as gardenias, camellias, and hollies during this early planting season. —Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026

Sherwood got deep into Montreal's zone and missed from close range, and Philipp Kurashev controlled the rebound and passed it back to Sherwood for the go-ahead goal. —CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026

Sherwood got deep into Montreal’s zone and missed from close range, and Philipp Kurashev controlled the rebound and passed it back to Sherwood for the go-ahead goal. —ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026

Jackson scored the Crusaders’ first two goals, with one in the seventh minute and the other, the go-ahead goal, coming in the 63rd minute. —Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the go-ahead

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