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    go-ahead
    /ˈɡəʊəhɛd/

    noun

    • 1. permission to proceed: "the government had given the go-ahead for the power station"

    adjective

    • 1. willing to consider new ideas; enterprising: "a young and go-ahead managing director"
    • 2. denoting the run or score which gives a team the lead in a game: North American "Baerga drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the sixth inning"

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  3. noun [ S ] uk / ˈɡəʊ.ə.hed / us / ˈɡoʊ.ə.hed /. an occasion when permission is given for someone to start doing something or for an event or activity to happen: give the go-ahead The government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion pound road-building project.

  4. 1. : marked by energy and enterprise : progressive. a vigorous go-ahead company. 2. : indicating that one may proceed. go-ahead signal. 3. : being a score that gives a team the lead in a game. drove in the go-ahead run.

  5. If you give someone or something the go-ahead, you give them permission to start doing something. The Greek government today gave the go-ahead for five major road schemes. Don't do any major repair work until you get the go-ahead from your insurers.

  6. go-ahead. noun [ S ] us / ˈɡoʊ.ə.hed / uk / ˈɡəʊ.ə.hed /. an occasion when permission is given for someone to start doing something or for an event or activity to happen: give the go-ahead The government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion dollar road-building project.

  7. Definitions of 'go ahead'. 1. If someone goes ahead with something, they begin to do it or make it, especially after planning, promising, or asking permission to do it. [...] 2. If a process or an organized event goes ahead, it takes place or is carried out. [...]

  8. Go-ahead definition: permission or a signal to proceed. See examples of GO-AHEAD used in a sentence.

  9. Learn the meaning and usage of the phrasal verb go ahead, which can mean to start, to give permission, to go first, or to win. See examples from the corpus and the verb table.

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