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give the nod

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give someone 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.
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``Of the big houses, I'd give the nod to Krug, Bollinger and, maybe, Pol Roger.
WINELINE TOAST THE NEW YEAR WITH FRENCH BUBBLIES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Gold of Morrison & Foerster in Walnut Creek, plans to file a proposal this week with the neighborhood association's architectural review committee, which must give the nod of approval for construction to begin.
Neighbors object to size of house by Whitmarsh, Geneva / Los Angeles Business Journal
It ought be known that self-appointed critics, like mythic gods, will occasionally give the nod.
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