green-lightv.
/ˌɡriːnˈlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌɡrinˈlaɪt/ transitive. To give the green light to; to give permission to proceed with on a course of action.
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1941 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 29 June p. a/1 The House Military Committee green-lighted legislation to give FDR broad authority to prevent work stoppages in defense plants.
1951 Billboard 23 June 10/4 Authorizations by members green-lighting Songwriters Protective Association to go ahead.
1968 F. Mullally Munich Involvement ii. 15 ‘Anything else I can do for you?’ Her smile green-lighted the innuendo.
1992 Premiere Feb. 47/2 There he green-lit both The Silence of the Lambs and The Addams Family.
1994 Guardian 31 Aug. ii. 5/5 The fact that a studio greenlights a project taking to task moneygrubbing conglomerates may seem ironic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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