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green light
1noun
- a green-colored traffic light used to signal drivers, pedestrians, etc., that they may proceed.
- authorization; approval; permission:
The railroad has been given the green light on the proposed fare increase.
green-light
2verb (used with object)
- to give permission to proceed; authorize:
The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
green light
noun
- a signal to go, esp a green traffic light
- permission to proceed with a project
verb
- to permit (a project, etc) to proceed
Example Sentences
Clinical partners, who each had to contact as many as 100 patients with news of the termination, had to reach out again to tell them the green light was back on.
“I didn’t have to wait two years for a studio to green light my deal and send me a check,” 40-year-old Mann said.
The Conservative administration gave the green light to the A1 project in May last year having previously postponed it three times.
The drug has been given the green light for NHS funding by England's drug assessment body.
Beachgoers have the green light to jump into the water at these beaches and hang out on the sand.
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