sign off
verb
signed off; signing off; signs off
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
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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.
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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
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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
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“Sign off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20off. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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