green light

Etymology
From the standard red-green color scheme used in traffic lights and railway signals.

Noun

 * 1) A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
 * 2)  Approval, or permission to proceed.
 * 3)  A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).
 * 1)  A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).
 * 1)  A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).
 * 1)  A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).
 * 1)  A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill).

Derived terms

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Translations

 * Arabic: ضَوْء أَخْضَر
 * Belarusian: зялёнае святло́
 * Bulgarian: зеле́на светлина́
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 綠燈
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, zelené světlo
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vihreä valo
 * French:
 * Georgian: მწვანე შუქი
 * German: grünes Licht, Grünlicht
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, szabad jelzés
 * Irish: solas glas
 * Italian: semaforo verde
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 청신호(靑信號), 초록불
 * Lao: ໄຟຂຽວ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: grønt lys
 * Polish: zielone światło
 * Portuguese: sinal verde
 * Romanian: semafor verde
 * Russian: зелёный свет
 * Shan: ၾႆးၶဵဝ်, ၽႆးၶဵဝ်
 * Slovak: zelené svetlo
 * Spanish: luz verde
 * Swahili: mwanga wa kijani
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зеле́не сві́тло
 * Vietnamese: đèn xanh


 * Arabic: ضَوْء أَخْضَر
 * Belarusian: зялёнае святло́
 * Bulgarian: зеле́на светлина́
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, zelené světlo
 * Dutch: het OK krijgen,
 * Finnish: vihreä valo
 * French:
 * Georgian: მწვანე შუქი
 * German: grünes Licht
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: nulla osta
 * Japanese: ゴーサイン
 * Polish: zielone światło
 * Portuguese: sinal verde
 * Russian: зелёный свет,
 * Slovak: zelené svetlo
 * Spanish: luz verde, visto bueno,, , , , , plácet, exequátur
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зеле́не сві́тло