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give or get the green light

To give or get the green light means to grant permission to go forward with something or to receive permission to do so. (verb)

  1. An example of give the green light is when you approve and give permission for your daughter to go to a party.
  2. An example of get the green light is when your daughter is told she can go ahead and go.

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