go-ahead vs thumbs up

go-ahead

noun
  • Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed. 

adj
  • Progressive; exerting leadership. 

  • Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game. 

  • Dashing; energetic. 

thumbs up

noun
  • An approval or okay. 

  • A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist. 

How often have the words go-ahead and thumbs up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )