Go-ahead

Full definition of go-ahead

Noun

1. Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.You can start as soon as you get the go-ahead from the president.

Adjective

1. (sports, not comparable) A score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game.The pitcher gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.
2. (comparable) Progressive; exerting leadership.
• 1906, Arthur Lincoln Haydon, The Book of the V. C., page 150This turbulent ruler was a very go-ahead monarch indeed. He organised a splendid army, well-drilled and well-equipped with modern arms

Coordinate terms

• (sports score) game-tying

Hyponyms

• (sports score) game-winning