sign-out

[sahyn-out]

noun

1. an act, instance, or time of signing out.

sign out

verb

1. (adverb) to sign (one's name) to indicate that one is leaving a place

   he signed out for the evening

Word History and Origins

Origin of sign out¹

First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase sign out

Idioms and Phrases

Record the departure of a person or the removal of an object, as in He turned in his room key and signed out about an hour ago, or I asked the librarian how many books I could sign out. [c. 1930]

Example Sentences

You know what my sign-out phrase is.

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Had he had taken her out of the jail, he said, their exit would have been recorded on surveillance video and sign-out sheets.

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Sign-out sheets were kept among thousands of pages of jail records stacked in lopsided piles on an office floor.

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He missed the 4:30 p.m. sign-out too.

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On July 16, 2019, Cassidy was sent home without pay for two days for insubordination, accused of not properly following the company’s radio sign-out policy.

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