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sign off (plural sign offs)

1. Misspelling of signoff.

sign off (third-person singular simple present signs off, present participle signing off, simple past and past participle signed off)

1. (idiomatic) To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especially, to stop talking.

   Synonyms: log off, log out, sign out

   Antonyms: log in, log on, sign in, sign on

   He finished the conversation and signed off.

2. (broadcasting) To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.

   Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.

3. (followed by “on”) to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed, especially by a signature.

   Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.

   • 2023 August 23, “Network News: Hold-up for Cliff Railway reopening”, in RAIL, number 990, page 14:

     The town council, which closed the funicular last December for health and safety reasons, has yet to sign off the completion of £72,000 worth of remedial works to a retaining wall.

   • 2013 August 5, Robert Jobson, “Birth Of Prince George Signals New Royal Family For A New Generation”, in forbes.com‎:

     Scrapping the ancient primogeniture laws, signed off by the Queen in Perth ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2011, was one such modernizing move.

   • 2019 May 23, “Brexit: Vote on Theresa May's deal may not happen next week”, in bbc.com‎:

     I've come to the reluctant view that the only way to resolve this and have legitimacy in the eyes of the public is for the people themselves to sign it off.

• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): sign on

• goniffs, offings, sing-off