sign out
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sign out
verb signs out · signing out · signed out
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To sign one's name as an indication that one is leaving some location; to take some action to indicate one is leaving a secured program or web page on a computer.
He was the last person to sign out of the building that night.
Similar: log off, log out, sign off · Opposite: log in, log on, sign in, sign on
- To remove (something) and take (it) into one's possession, having registered or signed for it in some way as a record of possession and a promise to return it (e.g., by your signature or log-in credentials). If you want to take a book home from the library, you must sign it out.
- To signal.
- To say something through sign language.
Talk about this word "sign out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sign%20out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sign out. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sign%20out "sign out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sign%20out.Cite this
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