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
Meraud	-	Cornish
Maritza	-	Spanish (Latin American)
Leokadia	le-aw-KAHD-yah	Polish
Bradley	BRAD-lee	English
Chanah	-	Hebrew
Ilya	eel-YAH	Russian