go-ahead
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go-a·head
(gō'ə-hĕd') Informal.
n.
Characterized by energy and assertiveness: a go-ahead marketing strategy.
n.
- Permission to proceed: waiting for the go-ahead from the control tower.
- Energetic assertiveness.
Characterized by energy and assertiveness: a go-ahead marketing strategy.
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1.
Move forward rapidly or act without restraint; also, continue something. For example, If you want to borrow the tractor, go ahead. This expression is often put as
go ahead with, as in Are you going ahead with the house party? The term dates from the mid-1600s and gave rise to
give the go-ahead, meaning "give permission to move or act in some way."
2.
go ahead of. Make one's way to the front of, as in They went ahead of me to see the purser. [Mid-1700s]
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Definition: proceed
Antonyms: cease, discontinue, finish, halt, stop
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