to go to a place before someone else who you are with
to happen
to start or continue to do something, especially after waiting for permission
A court case this summer is expected to give the road the final go-ahead.
AN offshore wind farm that will power up to 500,000 homes was given the go-ahead yesterday.
As you take yourself and your skills seriously good things can happen and you may get the go-ahead for a project you care about.
But the competition final is still due to go ahead after players insisted they want to play.
But the meeting went ahead with an empty chair at the table for the touchy visitor.
But what incentive is there to build the best when the shoddy and nondescript can get the go-ahead?
Don went ahead of the others to try to find help.
Getting the go-ahead for work plans means so much.
Go ahead and eat before everything gets cold.
He said: 'It should have gone ahead.
His trial will go ahead next Tuesday.
If we go ahead we will take comments into account.
If we had scored a second after going ahead we would have won it.
If you do receive the go-ahead, some lenders may allow you to let with your existing mortgage on payment of a smallish fee.
It has yet to table a formal offer but is understood to have recently received the go-ahead from the government to proceed with a takeover.
It is unlikely that the livestock show will go ahead next year, with breed societies unable to agree a format.
It was able to go ahead after the adjoining property was pulled down.
It would have been easy for heads to go down and for commitment to drop after the visitors went ahead.
Jupiter gives the go-ahead to a project that could change your world.
Many said they were content to go ahead with sterilisation after giving birth to a second baby.
One church leader told of waiting two years before receiving a final go-ahead.
Other opposition figures vowed to go ahead.
SHELL yesterday got the go-ahead for the world's largest liquefied natural gas field.
She added: 'We decided to go ahead with it and people really came together.
Should we go ahead and see each other and not worry about her?
So go ahead, make my day.
So if you are suffering, go ahead and make some noise.
So she would go ahead and make the film just to spite him.
THE biggest tidal energy project in Europe will be given the go-ahead today.
THE controversial third runway at Heathrow could be given the go-ahead next week.
THE nurse cleared over a series of saline deaths at a hospital got the go-ahead yesterday to return to work.
That could now tell his story in full for the first time if its planned publication goes ahead next year.
The club will be going ahead with its plans for a new stadium in the summer.
The confident way you can talk to people helps you get the go-ahead for something that can make a real difference to your life.
The deal will go ahead only if the family sells its minority interest in Bumi plc.
The game will now go ahead next Tuesday.
The hearing will go ahead in his absence.
The news comes months before an expected Government go-ahead to build new nuke plants.
The party went ahead as planned.
The plan is set to get the go-ahead from motorsport chiefs today.
The sun is in place to help you get an official go-ahead for that important project.
Then you can turn plans into action and get that official go-ahead.
They are now awaiting the final go-ahead from the hospital's ethics committee.
They talk about him needing to sort out his dirty laundry but he went ahead to see if he could find better buses for the tour.
This includes getting the go-ahead for plans that mean a lot.
This still suggests that investors harbour doubts that the deal will go ahead in its present form.
Viewers will have to wait to see if he goes ahead or not.
What would make you not go ahead?
Why is he so keen for this cull not to go ahead?
You can impress the toughest bosses and get an official go-ahead.
You could get the go-ahead for a project that means a lot to you.
You could get the official go-ahead for something you have long been waiting to do.
You discover a gift for handling all kinds of officials and getting the go-ahead for a project.
You get the go-ahead for plans that really matter.
You go ahead and we’ll wait here for Sally.
‘Go ahead,’ he insisted. ‘I won’t interrupt again.’
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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