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go-a⋅head

[goh-uh-hed]
–noun
1. permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
2. Chiefly Hawaii and 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.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; n., adj. use of v. phrase go ahead
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go-a·head   (gō'ə-hěd')
n.  
  1. Permission to proceed: waiting for the go-ahead from the control tower.

  2. Energetic assertiveness.

adj.  Characterized by energy and assertiveness: a go-ahead marketing strategy.
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