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What is a green light?

What is a green light? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
  2. (idiomatic) approval, or permission to proceed.
  3. (slang) A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill)
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The Government gave the green light to the commissioning of a national strategy to be undertaken under the aegis of the Department of Health.
If Congress gives the green light, millions of illegal aliens will receive a temporary work permit for three years.
Almost four hours later, the green light came on in the helicopter's cabin, signaling that the Marine teams would be landing in three minutes.
The new, US-supported Georgian government has given the green light for the Yanks to stay.
In the brothel and nightclub strip, crime bosses got the green light to organise prostitution and illegal gambling rackets.
Mrs Brice said that doctors in Canada were now able to give the green light to sufferers to grow small quantities of the drug for personal use.

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