sign for

phrasal verb

signed for; signing for; signs for

: to sign a document to show that one has received (a package, letter, etc.)

I signed for the package when it was delivered.

Examples of sign for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three of Hornby’s teammates signed for football — linebacker Caleb Barrow (UTSA), receiver Brody Wich (Indiana Wesleyan) and linebacker Caden Lieck (Adams State). —David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026

Markkanen and Jackson are both signed for three more seasons after this one at significant money. —Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

Now, that is a bad sign for a party in a midterm year. —Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026

Soon however, surveillance images of US cities appear on-screen (recognizable in part by storefront signs for brands like Marshalls, M&M’s World, and Coca-Cola), implying that the audience, too, could become components of images to be segmented, categorized, and fed into AI training datasets. —Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for sign for

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore