How to Use the go-ahead in a Sentence

the go-ahead

noun

• Highsmith scored 11 in the first half, then hit the go-ahead three in the fourth.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• Kyle Dernedde drove in the go-ahead run for the Beavers in the fourth and went 3 for 5.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
• Andrés Giménez homered in the third and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th.
  — Andrew Seligman, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
• The all-star shortstop then scored what was the go-ahead run at the time.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 May 2024
• Howell grounds to third to score Irish with the go-ahead run.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• But he was strip-sacked near the end to set up the go-ahead touchdown.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Mets led, but just 2-0, bringing Harper to the plate as the go-ahead run.
  — Howard Megdal, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Tied, 4-4, in the bottom of the eighth, the Sox had the go-ahead run at second base with no outs.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• Howell fumbled and Cameron Thomas scooped the ball up and lunged across the goal line for the go-ahead score.
  — Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• But that shouldn’t give you the go-ahead to manhandle your strands on wash day.
  — Lily Moe, Health, 7 Feb. 2024
• The sophomore also drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a single.
  — Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
• Coady’s teammate with the Wamps, Nick Fasano, scored twice for the South, including the go-ahead goal in the third at 4:24.
  — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
• The Lions lined up for the go-ahead 2-point conversion.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• In fact, sellers often give her the go-ahead to add the 34th Avenue Open Street to the listing.
  — John Surico, Curbed, 26 Jan. 2024
• Formal adoption means that the project has the go-ahead to move to the construction phase, with a planned 2035 launch.
  — Gaurav Khanna, The Conversation, 15 May 2024
• Even so, his plans to revamp the building got the go-ahead to move on to the Overland Park City Council.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
• With the potential tying run on third and the go-ahead run on first, Randy Arozarena came to the plate.
  — Sam Warren, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2023
• Left-hander Jake Diekman gave up the tying run and the go-ahead run with two outs in the seventh.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
• Michael Davis returned and blew a tackle near the end and then allowed the go-ahead touchdown.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
• Sterling Shepard scored the go-ahead touchdown from three yards out on 3rd-and-goal.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• The ball went into left field, allowing the go-ahead run to score from second.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
• Bill Russell singled up the middle for the go-ahead run and Mike Garman shut down the Phillies in the bottom of the inning for the win.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Voters this year also gave the state the go-ahead to spend 7% of the fund’s value each year, a 1.5% increase from before.
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
• The Dodgers scored the go-ahead run in the third inning when Biggio singled in Jason Heyward.
  — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
• Second baseman Travis Bazzana went 3 for 4 with three runs and the go-ahead double in the win over the Pilots.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
• Kiner-Falefa had scored what seemed to be the go-ahead run in the eighth, before replay overturned the call.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Díaz crushed the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• The next day, in Manual's match against Male, the midfielder scored the go-ahead goal to give the Crimsons their third win of the season.
  — Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal, 21 Aug. 2023
• Brown supplied the go-ahead hit with a single down the right-field line off Hans Crouse (4-1) to drive in Shea Langeliers.
  — Mercury News Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
• Playing his final home game on Senior Day, Johnson ran for a season-high 107 yards, including a 9-yard scamper out of the wildcat formation for the go-ahead score that ended with a rare show of emotion.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024