sign over
phrasal verb
signed over; signing over; signs over
: to give (something that one owns, such as rights or property) to someone by signing a document
He signed over the farm to his brother.
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Retailers are embracing smaller footprints, with the average retail lease signed over the past four quarters falling below 3,500 square feet for the first time since CoStar began tracking this in 2016.
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
Digital signs over the roadway display the toll rates for various destinations.
—Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Donald wins the governor’s race, but Lee blackmails him into signing over his family’s land to the Osage Nation in memory of his late brother.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Paramount didn’t originally sign over the Yellowstone streaming rights just to be nice.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
Digital signs over the roadway display the toll rates for various destinations.
—Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Donald wins the governor’s race, but Lee blackmails him into signing over his family’s land to the Osage Nation in memory of his late brother.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Paramount didn’t originally sign over the Yellowstone streaming rights just to be nice.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sign over
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“Sign over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20over. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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