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sign (up or on)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sign (up or on)

to provide with a paying job

the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products

Synonyms of sign (up or on)

assume, employ, engage, fee [chiefly Scottish], hire, lay on [chiefly British], pay, place, recruit, retain, take on

Words Related to sign (up or on)

reemploy, reengage, rehire

apprentice, contract, job, partner, subcontract

advance, promote, upgrade

headhunt, scout

Near Antonyms of sign (up or on)

furlough, lay off, lock out

Antonyms of sign (up or on)

ax (or axe), can, discharge, dismiss, fire, sack

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