give the nod to

To indicate someone or something as one's choice or show one's approval of someone or something. I gave the nod to Amanda because she is the most qualified candidate. Mom gave the nod to pizza for dinner!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Larry	LER-ee, LAR-ee	English
Vidya	-	Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Adrijana	-	Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Fernande	fer-NAWND	French
&Thorn;Unor	-	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
BoŽEna	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian