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sign away

verb

  1. tr, adverb to dispose of or lose by or as if by signing a document

    he signed away all his rights

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

In no time at all, she was signed away to Warner Bros. and cast as a studio guide in the Oscar-nominated hit “Hollywood Canteen.”

“I just don’t understand why they’re trying to make us sign away rights that we have,” said Jami Wallace, who left her home after the derailment.

Once the company learned it had a problem, the lawsuit alleges, it attempted to trick patients into signing away their legal claims in exchange for about $6,000 as reimbursement for lab and clinic fees.

"We encourage our members not to sign away their rights, and ensure that their image is only used based on fair pay and fair conditions of usage," says a spokesperson for the group..

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But it seems Gen Averyanov's new business was not destabilising governments, but rather securing their future, as long as they paid by signing away their mineral rights.

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