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go ahead

• proceed.
• "the project will go ahead"

go-ahead noun

• permission to proceed.
Similar: permission, consent, leave, licence, dispensation, warrant, clearance, authorization, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal of approval, approbation, endorsement, sanction, blessing, imprimatur, acceptance, rubber stamp, accreditation, authority, right, power, mandate, the thumbs up, the OK, the green light, the nod, someone's say-so, permit, nihil obstat,
Opposite: refusal,

go-ahead adjective

• willing to consider new ideas; enterprising.
• "a young and go-ahead managing director"
Similar: enterprising, resourceful, imaginative, ingenious, inventive, original, creative, innovative, disruptive, progressive, pioneering, modern, liberal, advanced, forward-looking, forward-thinking, enlightened, spirited, enthusiastic, ambitious, driven, energetic, entrepreneurial, vigorous, vital, high-powered, bold, daring, audacious, courageous, intrepid, adventurous, rising, up-and-coming, new, dynamic, avant-garde, go-getting,
Opposite: conservative, unambitious,
• denoting the run or score which gives a team the lead in a game.
• "Baerga drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the sixth inning"


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