āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
sign off
/sËaÉĒn ËÉf/
to sign off
[phrase form: sign]
01
āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āώāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž
to write the final message at the end of the letter or email that counts as one's signature
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John concluded his letter by signing off with a friendly note and his signature.
āĻāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āώāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻ āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to formally authorize a decision, action, or document
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The executive signed the project off, indicating its readiness for implementation.
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to stop broadcasting, often accompanied by saying goodbye or playing a piece of music
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The news anchor signed off the evening news with a summary of the day's top stories.
āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āώ āĻāĻŦāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āϏāĻš āϏāύā§āϧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻāύ āĻ
āĻĢ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āĻŦ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύā§, āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧠āϏāĻžāĻāύ āĻ āĻĢ āĻāϰāĻž
to tell the government that one has gotten a job and no longer need unemployment benefits
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As soon as he got hired, Mark visited the government employment office to sign off and notify them of his employment status change.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻžāĻāύ āĻ
āĻĢ āĻāϰāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of a doctor) to give a note to a patient saying they are unwell and cannot work
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a bout of flu, James visited his doctor, who promptly signed him off, advising rest and recovery.
āĻĢā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻā§āĻŽāϏ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāϞā§āύ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ
āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
06
āϏāĻžāĻāύ āĻ āĻĢ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to take a break from one's work, activity, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team agreed to sign off from the project temporarily to address urgent issues before resuming.
āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāϰā§āϰ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻžāĻāύ āĻ
āĻĢ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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