sign off
sign
saÉĒn
sain
off
ɔf
awf
/sˈaÉĒn ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sign off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to sign off
[phrase form: sign]
01

āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to write the final message at the end of the letter or email that counts as one's signature
to sign off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John concluded his letter by signing off with a friendly note and his signature.
āϜāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύ⧋āϟ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to formally authorize a decision, action, or document
to sign off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The executive signed the project off, indicating its readiness for implementation.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop broadcasting, often accompanied by saying goodbye or playing a piece of music
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The news anchor signed off the evening news with a summary of the day's top stories.
āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āϏāĻš āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋, āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to tell the government that one has gotten a job and no longer need unemployment benefits
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As soon as he got hired, Mark visited the government employment office to sign off and notify them of his employment status change.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a doctor) to give a note to a patient saying they are unwell and cannot work
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a bout of flu, James visited his doctor, who promptly signed him off, advising rest and recovery.
āĻĢā§āϞ⧁āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻœā§‡āĻŽāϏ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāχāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take a break from one's work, activity, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team agreed to sign off from the project temporarily to address urgent issues before resuming.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰ⧀ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ