give (someone) the green light

To grant someone permission to proceed with some action or task. Likened to the green light of a traffic signal. We're just waiting our manager to give us the green light before we release the latest software update.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Friend	[frend]
Beatrice	be-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)	Italian, English, Swedish
Fri&Eth;Rika	-	Icelandic
Ralph	[reif]
Jitender	-	Indian (Sikh)
Yuliy	-	Russian