get the go-ahead
Meaning: To receive or grant permission to proceed.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
More idioms — Daily Life
- get the message — To understand something that is only hinted at, perhaps because it is unpleasant.
- get this show on the road — To get started.
- get to the bottom of something — To understand something completely by sorting through all the facts or information.
- get to the point — To speak or write concisely and directly.
- get-up-and-go — Physical energy.
- get up on the wrong side of the bed — To be in a bad mood from the beginning of the day.
More English idioms
- get someone or something short shrift — To make quick work of something or to give little time to someone.
- get someone the go-ahead — To get or give permission to proceed.
- get someone the green light — To get or give permission to proceed.
- get someone the sack — To be fired from one's job.
- get someone the third degree — To be questioned in great detail.
- get something down pat — To do something repeatedly until one knows how to do it without a mistake; to perfect an…
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