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sign away

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sign something away
to sign a paper in which one gives away one's rights to something. Valerie signed her rights away. she signed away her claim to the money.
See also: away, sign
sign away something also sign something away
to give up your claim to something by writing your name on a document sign over something He tricked her into signing away the property that she intended to leave to her friend. You're signing your rights away when you sign that form.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form sign your life away (give up all your rights): It felt like we had to sign our lives away to get a loan from the bank.
See also: away, sign
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To this there was no exception, save when the accident was one for which the firm was liable; in that case they would send a slippery lawyer to see him, first to try to get him to sign away his claims, but if he was too smart for that, to promise him that he and his should always be provided with work.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Leave fame and coin alone, sign away on a ship to-morrow, and go back to your sea.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
"Yea," said the Prior, "so thou hast told me ere now, but I know that this knight is so poor that he will gladly sign away his lands for two hundred pounds of hard money.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
 
 
 
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