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sign in

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sign in
to write your name on an official list when entering a place. Messengers are required to sign in at the front desk.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form sign someone in to write someone's name on an official list when they enter a place: An elegantly dressed young woman signed us in at the door.
Opposite of: sign out
See also: sign


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These illustrious ladies appeared so lovely on the sign, -- they presented to the astonished eyes such an assemblage of lilies and roses, the enchanting result of the change of style in Pittrino -- they assumed the poses of sirens so Anacreontically -- that the principal echevin, when admitted to view this capital piece in the salle of Cropole, at once declared that these ladies were too handsome, of too animated a beauty, to figure as a sign in the eyes of passers-by.
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The old man looked into Fledgeby's little eyes for any sign of leave to be easy with Mr Twemlow; but there was no sign in them.
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Upon the door was a sign in gold letters reading as follows:
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