sign out
verb
signed out; signing out; signs out
: to indicate departure by signing a register
: to record or approve the release or departure of
signed out the library books for a week
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Students have figured out ways to sign out under someone else's name.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
A lot of kids’ parents don’t have time to sign out their kids, so they would be counted absent instead of truant, Hampton said.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The text messages also included photos, including one of a portable Javelin missile system with a serial number that matched one that Amarillas had signed out from the military base near San Diego, the complaint said.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
No one can come in from outside without approval, law enforcement sources said — everyone has to be signed in and signed out.
—Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
A lot of kids’ parents don’t have time to sign out their kids, so they would be counted absent instead of truant, Hampton said.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The text messages also included photos, including one of a portable Javelin missile system with a serial number that matched one that Amarillas had signed out from the military base near San Diego, the complaint said.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
No one can come in from outside without approval, law enforcement sources said — everyone has to be signed in and signed out.
—Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sign out
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“Sign out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20out. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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