"get the nod" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the nod",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the nod",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the nod",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the nod",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the nod",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the nod"
      },
      "expansion": "get the nod (third-person singular simple present gets the nod, present participle getting the nod, simple past got the nod, past participle (UK) got the nod or (US) gotten the nod)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Burnley's Nick Pope got the nod in goal but he barely touched the ball in the entire game. This was a cap and clean sheet for this talented keeper but nothing else.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be selected; be approved"
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_nod-en-verb-7NzfbDsj",
      "links": [
        [
          "selected",
          "selected"
        ],
        [
          "approved",
          "approved"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) be selected; be approved"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be signaled; get the message or signal"
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_nod-en-verb-wVs1Csdl",
      "links": [
        [
          "signaled",
          "signaled"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, literal) be signaled; get the message or signal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the nod"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the nod",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the nod",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the nod",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the nod",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the nod",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the nod"
      },
      "expansion": "get the nod (third-person singular simple present gets the nod, present participle getting the nod, simple past got the nod, past participle (UK) got the nod or (US) gotten the nod)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Burnley's Nick Pope got the nod in goal but he barely touched the ball in the entire game. This was a cap and clean sheet for this talented keeper but nothing else.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be selected; be approved"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "selected",
          "selected"
        ],
        [
          "approved",
          "approved"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) be selected; be approved"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be signaled; get the message or signal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "signaled",
          "signaled"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, literal) be signaled; get the message or signal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the nod"
}