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sign off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sign offverb

    cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations

GCIDE

  1. sign offverb

    To terminate a communication, especially one conducted by radio waves; to terminate a broadcast over radio or television; as, this is your reporter in Cairo, signing off.

Wiktionary

  1. sign offnoun

    Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.

  2. sign offverb

    To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking.

  3. sign offverb

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

  4. sign offverb

    to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed

ChatGPT

  1. sign off

    To sign off means to give approval, consent, or acknowledgment to something, often by physically signing a document or virtually approving a decision or project. It can also refer to the act of concluding a broadcast, message, or performance. It implies the ending of responsibility or association with a particular matter.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sign off in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sign off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sign off in a Sentence

  1. Bill Clinton:

    And that was a major achievement, to get Russia and China to agree to sign off on these sanctions and enforce them.

  2. Joe Fenty:

    My message for him would be show leadership and voice support for this benefit, and when it comes across his desk to please sign off on it. It has been too long. Please help expedite it.

  3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

    I do feel confident in telling you that the president will not sign off on a process that cuts corners when it comes to the basic safety and security of the American people and the U.S. homeland.

  4. Christopher Jahraus:

    The supervisor said, ‘OK, if you can prove medical need, I will sign off on it,’.

  5. Dolly Parton:

    We've got two scripts and we're waiting for the last rewrite, so as soon as we all sign off on that, I'd say in the next few months we'll be in production.


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