sign off

verb

signed off; signing off; signs off

intransitive verb

1
: to announce the end of something (such as a message or broadcast)
2
: to approve or acknowledge something by or as if by a signature
sign off on a memo
sign-off noun

Examples of sign off in a Sentence

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City authorities have not yet fully signed off on measures including the cordoning off of the whole square following complaints from local shops and residents after it was first announced. Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 McQuade said that would allow agents to recruit confidential informants and look into the actions of pro-Hamas groups without asking judges to sign off on investigative tools like wiretaps and warrants. Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024 In May, a new Independent Production Agreement with the Writers’ Guild of Canada was signed off following a tense negotiation that at one point looked destined to end in a strike, which would have devastated the country’s small creative community. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 Trustees previously signed off on zoning changes and variances that allowed the properties to be used for gas station sites. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sign off 

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sign off was in 1923

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“Sign off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20off. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

sign off

verb
(ˈ)sī-ˈnȯf
: to announce the end (as of a program or broadcast)

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