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go-ahead

[goh-uh-hed]

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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.

Origin of go-ahead

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for go-ahead

consent, assent, permission, leave, okay, ambitious, enterprising, up-and-coming, entrepreneurial, go-getting, gumptious, pioneering

Examples from the Web for go-ahead

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples of go-ahead

We are too much of a go-ahead people to do much looking back.
For the Liberty of Texas
Edward Stratemeyer
In this go-ahead age and country, that were a palpable waste of time.
Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844
Various
He grunted when Mayo gave the go-ahead bells and the throb of the engines began.
Blow The Man Down
Holman Day
It certainly was, and the members of the Go-Ahead Club were delighted.
A Little Miss Nobody
Amy Bell Marlowe
"We must make 'The Mercury' a go-ahead, up-to-date paper," said Cairns.
Grey Town
Gerald Baldwin