go ahead with (something)

idiom

1
: to do (something) after planning to do it
Despite the bad weather, they decided to go ahead with the party.
2
: to do (something) after getting permission to do it
My boss told me to go ahead with the project.

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Daniel makes the executive decision to bin it and go ahead with the shoot, cranking the gas up to 11. Jack King, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024 Sanofi’s decision to cancel the spin-off of its consumer healthcare business and go ahead with a sell a 50% stake to CD&R reflects a strategic shift aimed at focusing more on its core pharmaceutical and biotech operations. Joe Cornell, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 The board, managed at the time by editorials editor Mariel Garza, tried to persuade Soon-Shiong to go ahead with an endorsement of Harris. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 In April, after U.S.A.I.D. and the State Department’s refugees bureau presented clear evidence that Israel had purposefully held back food and medicine from Gaza, President Biden chose to go ahead with weapons shipments. Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for go ahead with (something) 

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“Go ahead with (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20ahead%20with%20%28something%29. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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