n. the signal to go ahead with something; the okay. (See also go-ahead; high sign.) : When we get the green light, we'll start.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Among their other habits are braking when approaching a green light, even they're going straight through the intersection.
These devices create coherent green light in a three step process.
People could read the newspaper by their crimson and green light.
Light controlled intersection with green light but right turn has a stop sign.
To get energy, the large chlorophyll molecules absorb red and blue light from sunlight and reflect green light.
Green light's frequency is too high for it to be able to travel through human tissues.
Instead of using three circles, the red light is now a triangle and the green light is a square.
So the only way to see a star as being green is for it to be only emitting green light.
The green light urges them to try the best response.
All the local governments around here have a green light for entrepreneurs, and they want investment.
