go-ahead

American  

[goh-uh-hed] / ˈgoʊ əˌhɛd /

noun

1. Usually the go-ahead permission or a signal to proceed.

   They got the go-ahead on the construction work.

2. Baseball. Usually the go-ahead go-ahead run.

   With two outs, and the go-ahead on first, Hoffman winds up and delivers the pitch.

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

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adjective

1. moving forward; advancing.

2. enterprising.

   a go-ahead Yankee peddler.

go ahead British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to start or continue, often after obtaining permission

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noun

1. informal permission to proceed

adjective

1. enterprising or ambitious

go ahead Idioms  

1. Move forward rapidly or act without restraint; also, continue something. For example, If you want to borrow the tractor, go ahead . This expression is often put as go ahead with , as in Are you going ahead with the house party? The term dates from the mid-1600s and gave rise to give the go-ahead , meaning “give permission to move or act in some way.”

2. go ahead of . Make one's way to the front of, as in They went ahead of me to see the purser . [Mid-1700s]

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Etymology

Origin of go-ahead

An Americanism first recorded in 1830–40; noun and adjective use of verb phrase go ahead

Related Words

• assent
• consent
• green light
• permission