verb
formally assign ownership of
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She signed away her rights
• Syn: ↑sign over
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something to somebody
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sign away
● sign
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ˌsign a ˈway [transitive] [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] phrasal verb
if you sign away property or a right to something, you agree that it no longer belongs to you by writing your name on a document
Thesaurus: to write your name on somethingsynonym
Main entry: sign
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sign away [phrasal verb]
sign (something) away or sign away (something) : to give (something, such as rights or property) to someone by signing a document
He signed away his share of the property.
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Main Entry: ↑sign
Useful english dictionary. 2012.