give the thumbs up

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give something the thumbs up

to show that you like or approve of something or that you are happy for something to happen We all gave Mary's cake the thumbs up. A new injectable treatment has been given the thumbs up by the authority.

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``They give the thumbs up and wave,'' Petrella said. BIKERS MOTOR INTO VENTURA TO HELP CHILDREN; CHARITY EVENT DRAWS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) As soon as all parties give the thumbs up, the process is over. The Rah-Bay way: teaching social skills at camp by Hawlk, Neil / Camping Magazine If city residents give the thumbs up to the sale in a November referendum vote, they will also have their electric rates frozen for five years. Allegheny Power makes offer for Hagerstown, Md. distribution system by Business Wire More results

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``They give the thumbs up and wave,'' Petrella said.

BIKERS MOTOR INTO VENTURA TO HELP CHILDREN; CHARITY EVENT DRAWS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

As soon as all parties give the thumbs up, the process is over.

The Rah-Bay way: teaching social skills at camp by Hawlk, Neil / Camping Magazine

If city residents give the thumbs up to the sale in a November referendum vote, they will also have their electric rates frozen for five years.

Allegheny Power makes offer for Hagerstown, Md. distribution system by Business Wire

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