green light
A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
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A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
The drive home was much faster than usual; somehow we managed to hit every green light.
“BBC Radio 1 Anthems Radio 1 Pop Anthems: Sugababes, Lorde, P!nk and more Now Playing Lorde Green Light”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#PhotoOfTheDay: Red, Green Light Show A green and red aurora streams across Earth’s horizon above the city lights of Europe . The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea when the image was captured. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Green Light” by Lorde #nowplaying #radio1”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tesla FSD Supervised approved in the Netherlands by RDW: questions on ice, speeding and safety remain https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/8810/ © A. Krivonosov The Dutch RDW gave a provisional green light to Tesla FSD Supervised on 10 April…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“BBC Radio 1 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James Now Playing Lorde Green Light”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang) A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).
Yo man, I heard someone had put a green light out on you, so watch your back.
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(idiomatic) Approval, or permission to proceed.
We have a green light on the project. Work starts today.
“Anger over green light for traffic lights on Argyll’s ‘Bridge over the Atlantic’”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Step 2: Validate the need. Talk to potential users. Ask: “Would you pay for this solution?” Their “yes” is your green light.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“10/ Net result: less leverage, fewer arms customers, degraded reach into three theaters, a green light to Moscow, and a global lesson that speaking truth to Washington gets you punished. The 5,000 is small. The precedent is enormous and it's aimed at us.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“For all those elected's in #Portland who think giving cops OT and giving them the green light to survail 82nd. 👇”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And the worst part…he has kids around him and he is basically giving them the green light to use that insane language to describe people. It’s sickening…🤢🤮 🙄”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- greenlight73%
(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To approve; to permit to proceed.
- green man72%
(chiefly, UK, Ireland) A small figure of a walking man illuminated in green on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is safe to cross the road.
- advanced green70%
(Canada) In some jurisdictions, a type of traffic light signal, in which the green light initially flashes while the matching light for oncoming traffic remains red, signalling drivers that they may make an unobstructed turn across the oncoming lane while the flashing continues.