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sign away

sign away verb: to give up something, such as a right or possession, by signing a document.

Verb

sign away (third-person singular simple present signs away, present participle signing away, simple past and past participle signed away)

  1. (transitive) To give up something, such as a right or possession, by signing a document.
    • they agreed to give up all that the United States owed them for $150,000. They were scared and almost forced to sign away their rights, just because they were simple people1856, Congressional Serial Set

Forms of sign away

third-person singular presentsigns away
present participlesigning away
past participlesigned away
pastsigned away

Questions about sign away

What does sign away mean?
Sign away means to give up something, such as a right or possession, by signing a document.
What part of speech is sign away?
Sign away is a verb.
What is the past tense of sign away?
The past tense of sign away is signed away.

Words near sign away in the dictionary

  1. Sigmon
  2. Sigmons
  3. Sigmund
  4. sigmurethrous
  5. sign
  6. sign away
  7. sign bit
  8. sign bits
  9. sign function
  10. sign functions
  11. sign gloss

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