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go-ahead
[goh-uh-hed]
noun
Usually the go-ahead permission or a signal to proceed.
They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
Baseball., Usually the go-ahead go-ahead run.
With two outs, and the go-ahead on first, Hoffman winds up and delivers the pitch.
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.
a go-ahead Yankee peddler.
go ahead
verb
(intr, adverb) to start or continue, often after obtaining permission
noun
informal, permission to proceed
adjective
enterprising or ambitious
Word History and Origins
Origin of go-ahead1
Idioms and Phrases
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.”
go ahead of . Make one's way to the front of, as in They went ahead of me to see the purser . [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
He has continued to be a threat in the playoffs, hitting the go-ahead three-run home run in Monday’s Game 7 that lifted the Blue Jays into the World Series.
That followed a dispute with the UK government, which refused to grant the scheme the go-ahead unless it conformed to a UK-wide approach excluding glass.
They’re feverish, as staff once again pleads, “Do not run; please walk,” before giving the go-ahead.
Plans for a huge solar farm in Lincolnshire have been given the go-ahead.
In the top of the 12th, the Tigers had the potential go-ahead run on third with one out, only for Seattle reliever Eduard Bazardo to wiggle out of the jam.
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