green-light
–verb (used with object), -light⋅ed or -lit, -light⋅ing. | to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors. |
green-light or green·light (grēn'līt')
tr.v.
green-light·ed or green·light·ed, green-light·ing or green·light·ing, green-lights or green·lights Informal
To give permission to proceed with: "[He] commissioned the pilot that became 'Captain Kangaroo' and greenlighted the series" (Variety). |
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Slang Dictionary
green light
- 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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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