greenlight (English, verb)
expansion: greenlight (third-person singular simple present greenlights, present participle greenlighting, simple past and past participle greenlighted or greenlit)
Senses:
glosses: To approve; to permit to proceed.
tags: idiomatic
informal
transitive
glosses: To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on.
tags: idiomatic
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: greenlights
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: greenlighting
tags: participle
present
form: greenlighted
tags: participle
past
form: greenlighted
tags: past
form: greenlit
tags: participle
past
form: greenlit
tags: past
form: green-light
tags: alternative