give the go-ahead

Strongest match

• acquiesce

Strong matches

• accept
• admit
• allow
• assent
• comply
• concede
• concur
• cooperate
• endorse
• fold
• grant
• let
• okay
• permit
• subscribe
• yield

Weak matches

• be game for
• cave in
• cry uncle
• enter into
• give the green light
• go along with
• play ball
• roll over and play dead
• throw in the towel

Strongest matches

• acknowledge
• admit
• adopt
• affirm
• approve
• assume
• buy
• comply
• recognize
• sign
• undertake

Strong matches

• accede
• acquiesce
• assent
• avow
• bear
• okay

Weak matches

• agree to
• check out
• concur with
• cooperate with
• give stamp of approval
• give the green light
• give the nod
• go for
• lap up
• rubber-stamp
• set store by
• sign off on
• take on
• take one up on
• thumbs-up

Strongest matches

• acknowledge
• admit
• allow
• comply
• concede
• concur
• grant
• recognize
• set
• settle
• sign

Strong matches

• accede
• acquiesce
• check
• consent
• engage
• okay
• permit
• subscribe

Weak matches

• be of the same mind
• bury the hatchet
• buy into
• clinch the deal
• come to terms
• cut a deal
• give blessing
• give carte blanche
• give green light
• go along with
• make a deal
• pass on
• play ball
• see eye to eye
• shake on
• side with
• take one up on
• yes

Strongest matches

• approve
• authorize
• favor
• oblige
• recognize
• release
• support
• tolerate

Strong matches

• accord
• accredit
• admit
• bear
• brook
• certify
• commission
• consent
• empower
• endorse
• endure
• indulge
• let
• license
• okay
• sanction
• stand
• suffer
• warrant

Weak matches

• be big
• be game for
• free up
• give a blank check
• give carte blanche
• give leave
• give permission
• give the green light
• go along with
• grant permission
• hear of
• hold with
• live with
• pass on
• put up with
• sit still for
• take kindly to

Strongest matches

• empower
• enable
• entitle
• license
• okay

Strong matches

• accredit
• bless
• commission
• invest
• vest

Weak matches

• give authority
• give the green light
• give the word
• rubber-stamp
• say the word

Strongest matches

• affirm
• approve
• back
• certify
• corroborate
• endorse
• establish
• explain
• sign
• substantiate
• support
• uphold
• verify

Strong matches

• attest
• authenticate
• bless
• buy
• check
• circumstantiate
• debunk
• double-check
• justify
• okay
• sanction
• settle
• subscribe
• underpin
• vouch
• warrant
• witness

Weak matches

• bear out
• check out
• give green light
• give high sign
• give stamp of approval
• give the nod
• lap up
• make good
• make sure
• rubber-stamp
• sign off on
• size up
• thumbs-up

Strongest matches

• advocate
• affirm
• approve
• back
• commend
• confirm
• defend
• favor
• okay
• praise
• ratify
• recommend
• sanction
• uphold

Strong matches

• accredit
• attest
• authenticate
• bless
• boost
• certify
• champion
• countenance
• guarantee
• push
• second
• sustain
• underwrite
• warrant
• witness

Weak matches

• back up
• give a boost to
• give green light
• give one's word
• give the nod
• go along with
• go to bat for
• go with
• lend one's name to
• rubber-stamp
• stand behind
• stand up for
• stump for
• subscribe to
• vouch for

Strongest matches

• authorize
• notarize

Strong matches

• accept
• accredit
• approve
• certify
• condone
• confirm
• endorse
• OK
• pass
• sanction

Weak matches

• consent to
• give one's consent
• give the green light
• rubber-stamp
• say yes to

Strongest matches

• accredit
• allow
• approve
• certify
• empower
• endorse
• permit
• ratify
• warrant

Strong matches

• back
• bless
• commission
• countenance
• license
• okay
• support

Weak matches

• get behind
• give the green light
• give the nod
• go for
• vouch for

Strongest matches

• approve
• certify
• confirm
• corroborate
• endorse
• justify
• legalize
• legitimize
• ratify
• substantiate
• verify

Strong matches

• authenticate
• authorize
• constitute
• okay
• sanction

Weak matches

• bear out
• give stamp of approval
• give the green light
• give the nod
• John Hancock
• make binding
• make legal
• make stick
• rubber-stamp
• set seal on
• sign off on