English-Swedish translations for green light

• grönt ljus ett
  Vi måste få grönt ljus för vitboken.We need a green light for the White Paper.
  Låt oss visa grönt ljus för bilen från Bosnien.Let us show the green light to the Bosnian vehicle.
  Det finns också bättre signaler, grönt ljus så att säga.There are other, better signals too, a green light as it were.
• klartecken ett
  Parlamentet har gett sitt finansiella klartecken.Parliament has given the financial green light.
  Parlamentet har gett klartecken och väntar sedan länge på resultaten.Parliament has given the green light, and awaits results at long last.
  I dag har vi gett kommissionen klartecken att ändra förordningarna.Today, we have given the Commission the green light to change the regulations.

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