Usually means: Receive approval or official selection.
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  1. get the nod: Merriam-Webster
  2. get the nod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get the nod: Wiktionary

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  1. get the nod: Idioms

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  1. get the nod: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (get the nod)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) be selected; be approved
▸ verb:  (idiomatic, literal) be signaled; get the message or signal

Similar:
vote in, go for, make the cut, clear, get in, adopt, find favour, accept, pass, go with, more...

Opposite:
get thumbs down, get rejected, get denied, get turned down

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Similar:
vote in, go for, make the cut, clear, get in, adopt, find favour, accept, pass, go with, more...

Opposite:
get thumbs down, get rejected, get denied, get turned down



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