Related Clues:

• Gave a thumbs-up
• Approved
• Blessed
• Gave one's blessing to
• Initialed, perhaps
• Gave the go-ahead to
• Assented to
• Didn't deny
• Ratified
• Gave the thumbs-up
• Gave the nod
• Approved, in headlines
• Authorized, briefly
• Given the nod
• Having a permit