permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
2.
Chiefly Hawaiiand California. a sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the next toe.
adjective
3.
moving forward; advancing.
4.
enterprising: a go-ahead Yankee peddler.
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Go-aheadis always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
So is gobo. Does it mean:
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
n. permission to proceed; the signal to go ahead. (See also say-so.) : I gave him the go-ahead, and the tanks started moving in.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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