🗓️ Idiom: Get the Nod (v)
💬 Meaning
- To receive approval or permission to do with something.
- To be chosen or selected for a role, task, or project.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Our supplier got the nod to handle the next three shipments.
- After weeks of negotiation, the logistics plan finally got the nod from the operations director.
- The new warehouse site got the nod due to its strategic location and lower costs.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from nodding your head to show agreement or approval. Over time, “getting the nod” evolved into a saying for receiving official approval or permission, especially in professional or formal settings.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The transport team finally __________ from the manager to implement the new schedule.
Answer
got the nod
2. Choose the correct meaning of “get the nod”:
A) To receive criticism
B) To fall behind schedule
C) To gain approval or permission
Answer
C) To gain approval or permission
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The shipping plan was approved by the manager.” → Change the sentence using: get the nod
Answer
The shipping plan got the nod from the manager.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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