to end a broadcast on television or radio
to end a conversation by radio or computer
to end a letter
to give someone a medical certificate saying that they are too ill to work
to officially approve of something or to officially agree that something has been completed in a satisfactory way by signing your name
He settled at his desk and began to complete his own paperwork in time to sign off that of his subordinates before they sailed.
Hubert Conroy giving him this inflated opinion of himself didn't help Sel strike the right attitude when we went to sign off.
Out he comes anyway into O'Connell Street, and underneath the coat he has this big bloody ice bucket, and a sign off the wall.
She signed off , ‘Yours sincerely, Clare Smith’.
The auditors signed off the accounts.
The doctor has signed her off for another month.
They always signed off with ‘It’s goodnight from me’ – ‘And it’s goodnight from him’.
You don’t do any overtime until someone has signed it off.
You're going to give me a full day's work in proper office apparel, or I am not going to sign off on your separation check.
signs off
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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