go ahead

See also: go-ahead

English

go ahead (third-person singular simple present goes ahead, present participle going ahead, simple past went ahead, past participle gone ahead)

To proceed with; to begin.
I went ahead with my plan.
(imperative) Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.
Synonyms: go for it, be my guest, feel free

Go ahead and eat without me. I expect to be very late.
- 1894, Mark Twain, chapter 12, in Tom Sawyer Abroad:
  “Tom Sawyer, I want to ask you some questions.” “Go ahead,” he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen.
(procedure word, military) To send communication over the radio.
Bravo Six Actual, this is Bravo Six Four. Go ahead, over.

proceed

grant permission (imperative)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 請便／请便 (zh) (qǐngbiàn), 请便 (zh) (qǐngbiàn)
Estonian: edasi minema
Finnish: aloittaa (fi)
French: (informal) vas-y (fr), (formal) allez-y (fr)
German: (polite) bitte (de), (informal) los (de), nur zu, na los
Hungarian: nekilát (hu), hozzálát (hu), hozzáfog (hu), hozzákezd (hu), elkezd (hu), (reply to asking permission) tessék (hu), rajta (hu), ne zavartasd magad (inf.), ne zavartassa magát (fml.)
Italian: vai (it)
Japanese: どうぞお先に (どうぞおさきに, dōzo o-saki ni)
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Latin: licet
Malagasy: alefa (mg)
Navajo: hágoshį́į́
Polish: śmiało (pl), zacząć (pl)
Portuguese: vai em frente
Russian: (informal) дава́й (ru) (daváj), (formal) приступа́йте (pristupájte), (slang) валя́й (valjáj), (please) пожа́луйста (ru) (požálujsta)
Scottish Gaelic: siuthad (imperative only)
Spanish: ¡pase! (es), adelante (es), sigue (es), siga (es)
Yiddish: געזונטערהייט (gezunterheyt)