go ahead

See also: go-ahead

English

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡəʊ əˈhɛd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɡəʉ əˈhɛd/
- Audio (General Australian): (file)
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɐʉ əˈhɛd/
(Black Country) IPA^(key): /ˌɡu əˈhɛd/

go ahead (third-person singular simple present goes ahead, present participle going ahead, simple past went ahead, past participle gone ahead)

To proceed with; to begin.
I went ahead with my plan.
- 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8:
  In the meantime, strikes already planned for NR are to go ahead, despite an offer being put to RMT members in an electronic ballot that was due to close on December 12 (after this issue of RAIL went to press).
(imperative) Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.
Synonyms: go for it, be my guest, feel free

Go ahead and eat without me. I expect to be very late.
- 1894, Mark Twain, chapter 12, in Tom Sawyer Abroad:
  “Tom Sawyer, I want to ask you some questions.” “Go ahead,” he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen.
(procedure word, military) To send communication over the radio.
Bravo Six Actual, this is Bravo Six Four. Go ahead, over.

proceed

(imperative) grant permission

Chinese:
Mandarin: 請便／请便 (zh) (qǐngbiàn)
Estonian: edasi minema
Finnish: alkaa (fi), aloittaa (fi), ruveta (fi)
French: (informal) vas-y (fr), (formal) allez-y (fr)
German: (polite) bitte (de), (informal) los (de), nur zu, na los
Hungarian: nekilát (hu), hozzálát (hu), hozzáfog (hu), hozzákezd (hu), elkezd (hu), (reply to asking permission) tessék (hu), rajta (hu), ne zavartasd magad (inf.), ne zavartassa magát (fml.)
Irish: ar aghaidh leat, lean ort, ar aghaidh libh pl, leanaigí oraibh pl
Italian: vai (it)
Japanese: どうぞお先に (どうぞおさきに, dōzo o-saki ni)
Latin: licet
Malagasy: alefa (mg)
Navajo: hágoshį́į́
Polish: śmiało (pl), zacząć (pl)
Portuguese: vai em frente
Russian: (informal) дава́й (ru) (daváj), (formal) приступа́йте (pristupájte), (slang) валя́й (valjáj), (please) пожа́луйста (ru) (požálujsta)
Scottish Gaelic: siuthad sg, siuthadaibh pl (this defective verb only has imperative forms)
Spanish: venga (es), adelante (es), sigue (es), siga (es)
Urdu: جائیے (jāiye), فرمائیے (farmāiye)
Welsh: dal ati sg, daliwch ati pl, dal ymlaen sg, daliwch ymlaen pl, yn dy flaen â thi sg, yn eich blaenau â chi pl, ymlaen â thi sg, ymlaen â chi pl
Yiddish: געזונטערהייט (gezunterheyt)

(procedure word) send communication over the radio