"say the word" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "says the word",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saying the word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "said the word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "said the word",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "say<,,said> the word"
      },
      "expansion": "say the word (third-person singular simple present says the word, present participle saying the word, simple past and past participle said the word)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Thomas Hardy, chapter 3, in Jude the Obscure",
          "text": "\"I wish—When shall we have courage to marry, Jude?\"\n\"Whenever you have it, I think I shall. It remains with you entirely, dear. Only say the word, and it's done.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921, Edgar Wallace, chapter 6, in The Black",
          "text": "\"A primitive fellow. I'll kick him out if you say the word, my dear.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 May 31, Brian Glanville, “Trevor Ford: Welsh soccer star who gave and took hard knocks”, in Guardian, retrieved 2020-08-29",
          "text": "\"[I]f there's anything I can do to help you make the grade, just say the word.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 December 9, Tyler Kepner, “The Yankees Will Always Be the Yankees, to the Delight of Only Some”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-08-29",
          "text": "What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate that it is time to perform an action; to give permission."
      ],
      "id": "en-say_the_word-en-verb-NnLq1Fq~",
      "links": [
        [
          "perform an action",
          "take action"
        ],
        [
          "permission",
          "permission"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To indicate that it is time to perform an action; to give permission."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "say the word"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "says the word",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saying the word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "said the word",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "said the word",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "say<,,said> the word"
      },
      "expansion": "say the word (third-person singular simple present says the word, present participle saying the word, simple past and past participle said the word)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Thomas Hardy, chapter 3, in Jude the Obscure",
          "text": "\"I wish—When shall we have courage to marry, Jude?\"\n\"Whenever you have it, I think I shall. It remains with you entirely, dear. Only say the word, and it's done.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921, Edgar Wallace, chapter 6, in The Black",
          "text": "\"A primitive fellow. I'll kick him out if you say the word, my dear.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 May 31, Brian Glanville, “Trevor Ford: Welsh soccer star who gave and took hard knocks”, in Guardian, retrieved 2020-08-29",
          "text": "\"[I]f there's anything I can do to help you make the grade, just say the word.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 December 9, Tyler Kepner, “The Yankees Will Always Be the Yankees, to the Delight of Only Some”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-08-29",
          "text": "What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate that it is time to perform an action; to give permission."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform an action",
          "take action"
        ],
        [
          "permission",
          "permission"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To indicate that it is time to perform an action; to give permission."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "say the word"
}