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

Connor Wong grounded into a double play but that scored the go-ahead run. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

After Natera gave up the go-ahead run in the eighth, right-hander Kirby Yates gave up a run in the ninth. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 2 Aug. 2026

Stewart scored the go-ahead run from third on Brandon Lowe's fielding error. — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Pete Crow-Armstrong drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning triple and scored twice as the Chicago Cubs evened their series with the New York Yankees with a 5-2 win on Saturday night. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the go-ahead

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