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signed off

signed off is the simple past and past participle of sign off.

Meaning of sign off

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc.; especially, to stop talking.
    • He finished the conversation and signed off.
  2. To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
    • Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.
    Synonyms:
    closedown
  3. to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed, especially by a signature.
    • Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.
  4. To use a valediction, such as the end of a letter or broadcast.
    • Boys of about fourteen to sixteen opened their letters to each other with 'manly' forms of address such as 'Amice' (My friend). They signed off with 'Vale' (Farewell), or 'TT' (Totus Tuus, All yours).2011 September 9, Willemijn Ruberg, Conventional Correspondence: Epistolary Culture of the Dutch Elite, 1770-1850, BRILL, →ISBN, page 81

Questions about signed off

What is signed off the simple past and past participle of?
Signed off is the simple past and past participle of sign off.

Words near signed off in the dictionary

  1. signed
  2. signed away
  3. signed in
  4. signed into
  5. signed magnitude
  6. signed off
  7. signed on
  8. signed on the dotted line
  9. signed one's death warrant
  10. signed one's own death warrant
  11. signed onto

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