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

Houston trailed by one, and whomever Espada hit would’ve represented the go-ahead run. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Freddie Freeman drives in Teoscar Hernández on a single to center field in the eighth inning for the go-ahead run. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Drew Gilbert homered and drove in the go-ahead run, Landen Roupp pitched five solid innings and the San Francisco Giants beat Arizona 6-1 on Thursday night to snap a four-game home losing streak against the Diamondbacks. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

The Wall Street Journal is giving opinion authors the go-ahead to use AI in the writing process without requiring AI disclosures — a move by a top newspaper that feels like an inflection point for the media industry. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the go-ahead

• abed
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