go ahead

/ɡˌəʊ ɐhˈɛd/

/ɡˌoʊ ɐhˈɛd/

[verb]

to go ahead

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: go]

to start to do something, especially with someone's permission or when they have expressed doubts or opposition

proceed (with a plan of action)

synonyms : plow ahead

Examples

1. Go ahead, admit it.

2. If the company goes ahead with the merger without doing proper due diligence, it will be a Himalayan blunder that could have disastrous consequences.

3. They had planned to go ahead with the court hearings that week, but lack of space forced them to change their minds.

4. The rest of you may disagree, but I, for one, think we should go ahead with the plan.