go-ahead

[ goh-uh-hed ]

/ ˈgoʊ əˌhɛd /

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noun

permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.

Chiefly Hawaii and California. a sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the next toe.

adjective

moving forward; advancing.

enterprising: a go-ahead Yankee peddler.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of go-ahead

1830–40, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase go ahead

Words nearby go-ahead

go with the flow, go without, go without saying, go wrong, go, goes, going, go-ahead, go-around, go-away bird, go-between, go-by, go-cart

Example sentences from the Web for go-ahead

Steve thought it was an interesting approach and gave me the go-ahead.
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs|Allen Barra|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over the next two years, he got the go-ahead to open two more schools.
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’|ProPublica|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The family-owned company that revived Pabst Blue Ribbon has been given the go-ahead to purchase Hostess out of bankruptcy.
Twinkies Are Coming Back: The Metropoulos Brothers on the Brand|Daniel Gross|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We were able to really milk that moment of Gus Fring waiting in that parking lot, waiting for the go-ahead sign to kill Hector.
‘Breaking Bad’: Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Emmy Nominations|Maria Elena Fernandez|September 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

On Nov. 18, 1963, the agency briefed Kennedy on the AMLASH plans, and received the go-ahead.
The Evil Genius of Fidel Castro|Glenn L. Carle|June 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And, indeed, it was not so heavy by a good deal as the cedar boats of the Go-Ahead girls.
Wyn's Camping Days|Amy Bell Marlowe
The operators were to give the special the "go-ahead," and after it had passed, to set their signals against the following engine.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
These represent the main tendencies which actuate mankind in public affairs—the go-ahead and the stand-still.
Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day|Alfred Farthing Robbins
It may be a go-ahead country, but the towns stand perfectly still.
Canada for Gentlemen|James Seton Cockburn
First, that America is not intellectually a go-ahead country, but both for good and evil an old-fashioned one.
George Bernard Shaw|Gilbert K. Chesterton

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