English
Noun
en-noun|sg=sign off
- context|broadcasting Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.
#: Sign off for the small-town radio station was at midnight.
Verb
en-verb|inf=sign off|signs off|signing off|signed off
- idiom To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking.
#:He finished the conversation and signed off.
- (broadcasting) To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
#:Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.
- context|followed by �on� to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed
#:Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.
Antonyms
sign on
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