give (someone) the nod

British & Australian, informal

to give someone permission to do something.

We're just waiting for the council to give us the nod then we'll start building.

• Gordian knot
• Gordon Bennett!
• purely and simply
• purple passages
• purple prose
• push around
• push at an open door
• push buttons
• push for
• push for something
• push luck
• push off
• push on
• push over the edge
• push someone around
• push someone over the edge
• push someone's buttons
• push the boat out
• push the edge of the envelope
• push the envelope
• push the panic button
• push the right button
• push the right buttons
• push your luck
• put a bomb under someone