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
Anatolius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Yulianna	-	Russian
Pietro	PYE-tro	Italian
Eugeniusz	e-uw-GEN-yuwsh	Polish
Arwen	-	Literature
Fritjof	FRIT-shof (Swedish), FRIT-yof (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish