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green light

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
green light

▶noun a green traffic light giving permission to proceed.

■ permission to go ahead with a project.

▶verb (green-light) chiefly N. Amer. give permission to go ahead with.

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