go ahead

1. 1.

   proceed (with a plan of action)

   “He went ahead with the project”

   Synonymsplow ahead

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Questions about go ahead

What does go ahead mean?

go ahead means "proceed (with a plan of action)".

What is another word for go ahead?

Close synonyms include plow ahead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go ahead a common word?

go ahead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.