go ahead

— Phrasal Verb with go

/gəʊ/ verb [I] (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

START › to start to do something: We have permission to go ahead with the project.

PERMISSION › something that you say to someone to give them permission to do something: ''Can I borrow your book?'' ''Yes, go ahead.''

go-ahead noun › get/give the go-ahead

(Definition of go ahead from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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