sign away

phrasal verb

signed away; signing away; signs away

: to give (something, such as rights or property) to someone by signing a document

He signed away his share of the farm.

Examples of sign away in a Sentence

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The team’s stellar shortstop Francisco Lindor—signed away from Cleveland for three hundred and forty-one million dollars—is also valued for his sunny, encouraging personality. —

Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024 The provocative Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard is suing two art patrons for allegedly pushing him to sign away his artistic production to clear debts to them, and with it, his future as an artist, reports The New York Times. —

The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024 Tyler Huntley, who was signed away from the Baltimore Ravens practice squad, gets his chance to lead Miami tonight. —

Andrew Greif, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024 Moreover, when the Publisher Defendants select manuscripts for publication, the Publisher Defendants will often require scholars to sign away all intellectual property rights, in exchange for nothing. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sign away