sign out

verb

signed out; signing out; signs out

intransitive verb

: to indicate departure by signing a register

transitive verb

: to record or approve the release or departure of
signed out the library books for a week
sign-out noun or adjective

Examples of sign out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Click Secure device, and the device is locked and signed out of Google, but still visible on the map. David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024 And though there are references to RAR Brewing throughout — and 28 RAR beers served on tap — the popular brewery isn’t name-checked on the sign out front. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024 Needham, signed out of UTEP after the 2019 draft, made 51 appearances and 27 starts and had six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, in 3 ½ seasons for Miami before rupturing his Achilles in October 2022. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024 This hour delay applies to attempts to change your Apple ID password, sign out of Apple ID, or update Apple ID account security settings, such as removing a trusted device. Matt Burgess, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2024 That duo are two of eight players the Twins signed out of the DR. Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2024 The store is called Doug Specialties, but patrons might recognize it by the bright yellow sign out front that advertises $.99 Farmer’s Market. Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024 But according to Nelson Wolff, Cole’s attorney, leaving the sign out of subsequent paperwork was not a harmless omission. Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023 Officials from his company, BNSF, pulled the sign out of the ground before its position was adequately documented. Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of sign out was in 1903

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Cite this Entry

“Sign out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20out. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

sign out

verb
1
: to make a record of one's departure
have to sign out before getting off-line
2
: to record or approve the release or departure of
signed out the library books
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