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green light

1

noun

  1. a green-colored traffic light used to signal drivers, pedestrians, etc., that they may proceed.
  2. authorization; approval; permission:

    The railroad has been given the green light on the proposed fare increase.



green-light

2

verb (used with object)

green-lighted or green-lit, green-lighting.
  1. to give permission to proceed; authorize:

    The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.

green light

noun

  1. a signal to go, esp a green traffic light
  2. permission to proceed with a project
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to permit (a project, etc) to proceed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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“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.

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The Conservative administration gave the green light to the A1 project in May last year having previously postponed it three times.

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The drug has been given the green light for NHS funding by England's drug assessment body.

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Beachgoers have the green light to jump into the water at these beaches and hang out on the sand.

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