give someone the nod

1. tv. to signal someone by nodding. (Not slang.) I gave Pete the nod, and he started the procedure.

2. tv. to choose someone. (see also get the nod.) The committee gave Frank the nod for the job.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Carmela	[ka:'melə]
Itsuki	ee-tsoo-kee	Japanese
Vera (1)	VYE-rah (Russian), VEER-ə (English), VER-ə (English)	Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian
Dudley	['dʌdli]
Langdon	LANG-dən	English (Rare)
Moses	MOZ-əs (English)	English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin