give the nod

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give somebody the nod (British & Australian informal)

to give someone permission to do something We're just waiting for the council to give us the nod then we'll start building. (British & Australian informal)

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Lawrence will give the nod to captain Byron Anthony, who was in the travelling party at Gillingham on Saturday, and his young team-mates for the match. Title glory in reserve by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) California voters did not give the nod to Ferial Masry in her bid to become the country's first Saudi-born lawmaker. Van Tran became the nation's first Vietnamese-American legislator ... by State Legislatures			give rise to give short shrift give some lip give some skin give some sugar give some thought to give static give teeth to give the benefit of the doubt give the boot give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the devil his due give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the finger give the game away give the gate give the glad eye give the green light give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the kiss of life give the lie to give the nod give the once-over give the push give the raspberry give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shivers give the slip give the thumbs down give the thumbs up give the time of day give the willies Give them hell! give tit for tat give to on a plate give to on a platter give to understand give under threat of give up as a bad job give up for dead give up hope give up the fight give up the ghost			give the finger give the flick give the floor to give the game away give the game away give the game away give the gate give the gate give the glad eye give the glad eye give the glad eye give the go-by give the green light give the hairy eyeball give the hairy eyeball give the hairy eyeball give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the hook give the hook give the hook give the hook give the hook give the impression give the kiss of life give the lie to give the lie to give the lie to give the meaning give the mind to give the nod give the nod to give the once over give the once-over give the particulars give the pip give the pip give the pip give the pip give the push give the push give the push give the push give the push give the raspberry give the right to vote give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the sack give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shits give the shivers give the shove give the shove give the shove give the shove give the show away give the show away give the show away

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