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go-ahead

[ goh-uh-hed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Usually the go-ahead. permission or a signal to proceed:
They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
Usually the go-ahead. Baseball. 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.

go ahead

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

The National Elections commission said it would go ahead and conduct the election on December 16, 2014.

Ultimately they would go ahead along with the Washington Post and publish a host of revelations from the Snowden cache.

Steve thought it was an interesting approach and gave me the go-ahead.

But go ahead and try it anyway, since it seems to work somehow.

Over the next two years, he got the go-ahead to open two more schools.

Either: we cannot give you what you ask, so fall back onto the defensive; or, go ahead, we will give you the means.

It is a generally accepted axiom that a public man cannot afford to be modest in these go-ahead days of "boom."

Darrell pressed his arm, and answered, with a smile, "I won't argue with you about the War; you go ahead and write your book!"

There—I feel better—cant work this morning—not in the mood—you go ahead—Im through!

When he told his plan he was laughed at by some who thought it very foolish, but Porter told him to go ahead.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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