Definition of green lighting

green light

verb - transitive

• to approve a plan.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to approve, give permission.

  Last edited on Sep 14 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to approve, give permission':
knock (one's self) out	Definitions include: statement used to grant permission to a request.
go-ahead	Definitions include: permission to proceed.
rubber stamp	Definitions include: to approve without debate or significant thought.
okay	Definitions include: an approval.

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Other terms relating to 'green':
Brash Green Geese	Definitions include: Brash Green Geese is a term used for a group of girls who are jealous that you're going out with a hot guy that they want to be with. They are loud, intimidating and jealous. Girl: "Babe, those girls keep giving me dirty looks when we're together."
go green	Definitions include: to betray, to wrong.
green	Definitions include: in agreement.
green apple nasties	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple quick step	Definitions include: the act of racing to a bathroom while not defecating (specifically: diarrhea) in one's pants.
green-apple quickstep	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple quick steps, the	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple splatter	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple splatters, the	Definitions include: diarrhea, particularly nasty diarrhea
green bud	Definitions include: good Marijuana
green-collar	Definitions include: pertaining to environmentally-friendly jobs.
green friendly	Definitions include: accepting of marijuana.
green monster	Definitions include: a person was is extremely jealous.
green room	Definitions include: a room where performers wait until their performance.
greens	Definitions include: marijuana.
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Other terms relating to 'light':
change light bulbs	Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion).
chase tail lights	Definitions include: to imitate competitors.
generate more heat than light	Definitions include: to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.)
head light flasher	Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts.
headlights	Definitions include: erect nipples.
it's lights out	Definitions include: it's the end / death of something.
knock (one's) lights out	Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights down	Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
lights out	Definitions include: time to go to bed.
light up	Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
natty light	Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer.
outen the light	Definitions include: to turn off a source of light.
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