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green-lightverb to give permission for or to approve ofas soon as the project is green-lighted, we'll schedule a planning meeting allow, have, permit, suffer authorize, commission, license(also licence)accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), OK(or okay), warrantaccord, concede, grant, sanction, vouchsafeadmit, brook, condone, countenance, endure, support, tolerate stand for ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto hinder, impede, obstructcensure, deny, disallow, disapprove, interdict, refuse, reject, revoke, suppress, withholddeplore, discountenance, disfavor, dislike, frown (at or on), grudgecheck, curb, keep, repress, restrain green lightnounthe approval by someone in authority for the doing of somethingwe were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, granting, leave, license(or licence), permission, sanction, sufferance, warrant imprimatur, seal, signature, stampaccreditation, certificationliberty, passconcession, patent, permittolerance, tolerationacceptance, acquiescence, agreement, assent, OK(or okay)accord, grant interdiction, prohibition, proscription denial, refusal, rejection, revocationtaboo(also tabu)injunction, vetodeterrence, discouragement, repression, suppressionban, embargo, exclusion in 1937 |