greenlight | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic,informal)Toapprove; topermittoproceed.2020December 2, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Sunak focuses on jobs, infrastructure and 'levelling up'”, inRail, page 7:Labour's Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds hit back at Sunak and said that his failure togreenlightmajor projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail showed that government claims of levelling up the country were "not supported by the evidence".2024August 11, Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17, 2024”, inUkraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:The United Kingdom (UK) is reportedly waiting for US approval beforegreenlightingUkrainian forces to use UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes against military targets in Russia.; (transitive,slang,idiomatic)To approve or requisition theharmingordeathof; to put ahitout on.

Examples:

EN: I can't greenlight a thing like that now.
ES: No puedo dar luz verde para una cosa así ahora.
EN: Find an agent and I'll greenlight it.
ES: Encuentre al agente y tiene luz verde.
EN: If circumstances only permitted I would greenlight one great hellacious bonus for you and a promotion right on the spot.
ES: Si las circunstancias lo permitieran... daría luz verde a un endemoniado premio para ti. Y una promoción segura.
EN: This is a greenlight special at General Motors.
ES: ¡Su robot se ha puesto en huelga!
EN: - This greenlight thing is serious.
ES: - El asunto de la luz verde es serio.
EN: Happiness is a greenlight.
ES: Nosotros estamos en la reserva.
EN: I only get to greenlight up to $1.2 million on my own, but I can reject whatever I want,and only Wilson White can say otherwise.
ES: Solo tengo luz verde hasta $1.2 millones por mi misma, pero puedo rechazar lo que quiera, y solo Wilson White puede decir algo.
EN: I don't need your greenlight! You're a phony!
ES: No necesito permiso para llamarle falso.
EN: HQ won't greenlight it.
ES: El Cuartel General no ha autorizado.
EN: Do we greenlight the sniper?
ES: ¿Damos luz verde al francotirador?
EN: is what gave the studio the confidence to greenlight the movie.
ES: es lo que le dio al estudio la confianza para darle luz verde a la película.
EN: Andtheapprovingnod ofU.S.regulators wasa greenlight forinvestors.
ES: La aprobación de los reguladores daba luz verde a los inversionistas.
EN: Under the law, Power Blast is now treated as a drug, and as such, the FDA has a greenlight to shut you down, to seek damages on behalf of those hurt by your product, and to even file criminal charges.
ES: Bajo la ley, Power Blast ahora es tratado como una droga, y como tal, la FDA tiene luz verde para cerrarlos, para reclamar daños en nombre de aquellos perjudicados por su producto, a incluso para levantar cargos criminales.
EN: I'm gonna walk off this project... - ...if you don't greenlight my movie.
ES: Voy a dejar este proyecto si no autorizas mi película.
EN: "Yo, if her face is half as good as her ass, I'm gonna greenlight her back nine with my front four."
ES: "Tío, si su cara está la mitad de bien que su culo, voy a meterle a mi portero en toda su portería".

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