sign away — (something) to give up your claim to something by writing your name on a document. He tricked her into signing away the property that she intended to leave to her friend. You re signing your rights away when you sign that form. Usage notes:… … New idioms dictionary
sign away — index alienate (transfer title), cede, devolve, forgo, relinquish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sign away — verb formally assign ownership of She signed away her rights • Syn: ↑sign over • Hypernyms: ↑surrender, ↑cede, ↑deliver, ↑give up • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
sign away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms sign away : present tense I/you/we/they sign away he/she/it signs away present participle signing away past tense signed away past participle signed away if you sign away property or a right to something, you… … English dictionary
sign away — phr verb Sign away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑right … Collocations dictionary
sign away something — sign away (something) to give up your claim to something by writing your name on a document. He tricked her into signing away the property that she intended to leave to her friend. You re signing your rights away when you sign that form. Usage… … New idioms dictionary
sign away — PHRASAL VERB If you sign something away, you sign official documents that mean that you no longer own it or have a right to it. [V P n (not pron)] The Duke signed away his inheritance... [V n P] They signed the rights away when they sold their… … English dictionary
sign away — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. transfer, dispose of, auction; see sell 1 … English dictionary for students
sign away — transfer by signature … English contemporary dictionary
sign — [sīn] n. [ME signe < OFr < L signum, a mark, token, prob. < base of secare, to cut (see SAW1): orig. sense prob. “incised mark”] 1. something that indicates a fact, quality, etc.; indication; token [black as a sign of mourning] 2. a) a… … English World dictionary
sign — sign1 W2S3 [saın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(gives information)¦ 2¦(shows something is true)¦ 3¦(movement or sound)¦ 4¦(symbol)¦ 5¦(star sign)¦ 6¦(language)¦ 7 there is no sign of somebody/something 8 sign of life 9 sign of the times … Dictionary of contemporary English
