go ahead

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go ahead

(intr, adverb) to start or continue, often after obtaining permission

the go-ahead informal permission to proceed

adj

enterprising or ambitious

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Verb

go ahead - proceed (with a plan of action); "He went ahead with the project"

plow ahead

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

Translations

يَبْدَأُ

pustit se

gå i gang

fortfahren vorausgehen

προχωρώ

seguir adelante

jatkaa

aller de l’avantfeu vert

započeti

andare avanti

先へ進む

(…)을 시작하다

sätta i gång

ทำต่อไปโดยไม่รีรอ

önden gitmek

tiến hành

前进

go ahead

→ يَبْدَأُ pustit se gå i gang vorausgehen προχωρώ seguir adelante jatkaa aller de l’avant započeti andare avanti 先へ進む (…)을 시작하다 vooruitgaan sette i gang pójść naprzód continuar, iniciar начинать sätta i gång ทำต่อไปโดยไม่รีรอ önden gitmek tiến hành 前进

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"All right," said the Sunday-school Pupil; "go ahead."

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"All right--go ahead!" (I am learning a great deal of English, or, rather, a great deal of American.) They go ahead at a rate that sometimes makes it difficult for me to keep up.

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You would go ahead and march through your tunnel into Oz, and get defeated and driven back.

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"Huck, it'll be the bulliest thing that ever happened if we find the body after everybody else has quit looking, and then go ahead and hunt up the murderer.

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He said she would slap down a line, and if she couldn't find anything to rhyme with it would just scratch it out and slap down another one, and go ahead. She warn't particular; she could write about anything you choose to give her to write about just so it was sadful.

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"However, I am aching for a chance to kill you, so go ahead and cut."

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I explained to him that I was Hooja's enemy, and asked, when they were ready to go, that I be al-lowed to go with them, or, better still, that they let me go ahead and learn all that I could about the village where Hooja dwelt so that they might attack it with the best chance of success.

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"The whole thing is moonshine; now then, go ahead and do your worst; I'm done with you."

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"But as we can't go ahead and there's no use going back, what shall we do next?"

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"Then go ahead, you absurd feathered fool!" grumbled the King, and he caused the opening that led to the palace to appear once more.

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"Well, then," said the Fox, "if you really want to go home, go ahead, but you'll be sorry."

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"The decision to go ahead with the show has been made by the Genting Arena in Birmingham, together with all the local authorities involved in public safety.