go-ahead

(gō'ə-hĕd') Informal.
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.

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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v

Definition: proceed
Antonyms: cease, discontinue, finish, halt, stop

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the signal to proceed
  Synonym: green light

Meaning #2: readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  Synonyms: enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative

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