green-lighted

[Joel S. Berson]

OED2:  1968 F. Mullally Munich Involvement ii. 15 'Anything else I can do
for you?' Her smile green-lighted the innuendo.

Probably its only citation of use as a verb.

Joel

At 6/22/2005 08:47 AM, you wrote:
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>from cnn.com today:
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> >However, Miller said he had a conversation with Aruba's prime minister,
>who has green-lighted the trip for Friday<
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>I do not recall seeing the verb before - how long has it been in use?
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>Bethany