green lights
Permissions to proceed
Green lights are signals permitting passage or progress.
Traffic signals show green to indicate drivers may proceed.
More commonly, green light means authorization to move forward with a plan: The studio gave the project a green light.
As a verb, to green-light is to approve: They green-lit the proposal yesterday.
- go-aheadPermission to begin
- stoplightIntersection flow controller
- traffic signalsLights controlling vehicle movement
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- arrowPointed shaft for shooting
give the go-ahead · signal · traffic · clearance · all-clear · authorize · greenlit · endorsement · film production · breakthrough · open door · thumbs-up · progression · Beyoncé · success · forward motion · hit the gas · smooth sailing
- signalssignal, signals, signaling, sign, waved
- traffic signsstop signs, stop sign, yield signs, yield sign, speed limit signs
- aurorasnorthern lights, southern lights, polar lights, aurora borealis, aurora australis
- aviation lightsrunway lights, landing lights, navigation lights, strobe lights, ALS
- runway markingscenterline, touchdown zone, threshold, white lines, piano keys
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
green lightsred lights
Traffic control indicators
stop signs · prohibitions · vetoes · denials · stop lights
green lightsred lights
Traffic control indicators
rejections · cancellations · shutdowns · kills · vetoes
green lightsred lights
Traffic control indicators
traffic jams · gridlock · congestion · bottlenecks · standstills
light, green, greens, greenhouse, greenery, greenish, greenness, evergreen, greener