sign out

To record that you are leaving a place, or end your use of an online account.

• Please sign out before you leave.
• She signed out of her email account.
• Visitors must sign out at the front desk.

How to use it: sign out of something (Remember to sign out of your account.)

Similar words: log out, log off

Opposites: sign in

Common phrases: sign out, sign out safely

To borrow something after making a written or electronic record that you have taken it.

• Can I sign out this book?
• He signed out some tools for the weekend.
• All borrowed equipment must be signed out at the desk.

How to use it: sign something out (You must sign the camera out before taking it home.); sign something out from somewhere (She signed a laptop out from the office.)

Similar words: check out

Opposites: sign in

Common phrases: sign out books, sign out something, sign out equipment

To express words or a message using sign language.

• She signed out her name.
• The interpreter signed out the teacher’s question.
• He slowly signed out the words for his new classmates.

How to use it: sign something out (She signed the message out for her deaf friend.)

Similar words: sign

Common phrases: sign out words, sign out something, sign out messages

To send a message or instruction using a sign or movement.

• He signed out a warning.
• The guide signed out the direction with a hand movement.
• She signed out an instruction for the others to stop.

How to use it: sign something out (The guard signed out a warning with his hand.)

Similar words: signal, gesture

Common phrases: sign out something, sign out warnings