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noun

a green-colored traffic light used to signal drivers, pedestrians, etc., that they may proceed.

authorization; approval; permission: The railroad has been given the green light on the proposed fare increase.

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green-light

verb (used with object), green·-light·ed or green·-lit, green·-light·ing.

to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.

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How to use green light in a sentence

Initial studies also got the green light to begin mapping the seafloor, investigating drilling needs, and looking into the project’s impact on wildlife.
Artificial Island in the North Sea Will Harvest Wind Energy at a Huge Scale|Jason Dorrier|February 7, 2021|Singularity Hub
Specifically, when participants’ recovery scores reached 67 percent and above, they got the green light to take on the day’s scheduled workouts.
Want to Improve Your Running? Focus on Recovery.|Outside Editors|February 5, 2021|Outside Online
While it could give the project the green light, it also could rule against building it.
D.C. warns a maglev stop at Mount Vernon Square would bring disruption|Luz Lazo|January 25, 2021|Washington Post
In November, Eat Just, the maker of Just Egg, became the first firm anywhere to receive regulatory approval for selling cultivated meat, after being given the green light in Singapore for its lab-grown chicken.
How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu|Charlie Campbell/Shanghai|January 22, 2021|Time

We asked to interview them for this series and eagerly await a green light from Fox News.
Speak up, Bret Baier. Speak up, Chris Wallace.|Erik Wemple|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
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British Dictionary definitions for green light

green light

noun

a signal to go, esp a green traffic light

permission to proceed with a project

verb greenlight -lights, -lighting or -lighted (tr)

to permit (a project, etc) to proceed

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