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If they can secure the zoning approval and the go-aheads from the community advisory board and gaming commission, they will then have to pay at least a $500 million license fee to the state.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

After my recent column on different synonyms for flip-flops — zories, go-aheads, thongs, etc. — readers wrote in to share terms they learned growing up.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2021

But church officials say their own plan is “shovel ready,” awaiting formal go-aheads from city and state financing agencies.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010