give the nod

give somebody the nod

(British & Australian informal)

to give someone permission to do something We're just waiting for the council to give us the nod then we'll start building. (British & Australian informal)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arcadia	ahr-KAY-dee-ə (English)	Various
Christie (1)	KRIS-tee	English
Zita (1)	DZEE-tah (Italian)	Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak
Obed	O-bed (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Theotimos	-	Ancient Greek
Effie	['efi]