sign out
verb
signed out; signing out; signs out
: to indicate departure by signing a register
: to record or approve the release or departure of
signed out the library books for a week
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Discouraged home sellers are yanking the for-sale signs out of their front yards.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
There are 33 transfers (including Benson and Moore) who arrived before either the 2024 or 2025 season, and 43 players signed out of high school in the 2024 and 2025 classes who remain on the roster.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
McAvoy was still a teenager, just recently signed out of Boston University, and he was called up from Providence to go with the team for a playoff series against Ottawa in April 2017.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Additionally, Benefield is the first defensive player the Tigers and Kiffin — who jilted Ole Miss for a rival to take his sixth coaching job in 15 years — have signed out of the portal.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
There are 33 transfers (including Benson and Moore) who arrived before either the 2024 or 2025 season, and 43 players signed out of high school in the 2024 and 2025 classes who remain on the roster.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
McAvoy was still a teenager, just recently signed out of Boston University, and he was called up from Providence to go with the team for a playoff series against Ottawa in April 2017.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Additionally, Benefield is the first defensive player the Tigers and Kiffin — who jilted Ole Miss for a rival to take his sixth coaching job in 15 years — have signed out of the portal.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Sign out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20out. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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