English-Dutch translations for green light

• groen licht
  Er moet groen licht gegeven worden voor de plannen in het Witboek. We need a green light for the White Paper.
  Aan groene genetische technologie moeten wij eindelijk het groen licht geven. We must now at last give the green light to green genetic engineering.
  Laten we vandaag groen licht geven aan de Bosnische personenwagen. Let us show the green light to the Bosnian vehicle.
• het OK krijgen

Definition of green light

• A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed
• Approval, or permission to proceed
• A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill

Examples

• The drive home was much faster than usual; somehow we managed to hit every green light
• We have a green light on the project. Work starts today
• Yo man, I heard someone had put a green light out on you, so watch your back

Related words

• give someone the green light
• light green
• greenlight
• light-green