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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In some cases, as Lummis alludes to, parents were forced to sign away their rights to their children for as long as the government chose to hold them. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 To receive the payout, Chagossians were obliged to sign away their right to return. —

Lorraine Mallinder, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024 There’s little reason to sign away that power to a third party, and even less reason to divide that money with everyone else. —

Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 4 Apr. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for sign away