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green light

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Definition of green light

noun

  • a green traffic light giving permission to proceed.
  • permission to go ahead with a project:the council has given the green light for a housing development

verb

  • (green-light) [with object] chiefly North American give permission to go ahead with (a project): they refused to green-light his script until he did a major rewrite

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