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

Neither was able to make the catch and then Kirk singled, setting up the go-ahead run on Davis Schneider’s subsequent single. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 6 July 2025

And two losses before that at home in which the Rays allowed the go-ahead run in the Athletics’ last at-bats. —Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025

The Padres brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth, but Fernando Tatis Jr. struck out after Martín Maldonado’s leadoff walk and Machado fanned after Jackson Merrill’s one-out single. —Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025

Salvador Perez hit the go-ahead RBI single to put the Royals ahead in the eighth inning. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025

Rhymes for the go-ahead

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