sign over
phrasal verb
signed over; signing over; signs over
: to give (something that one owns, such as rights or property) to someone by signing a document
He signed over the farm to his brother.
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The Ukrainian government was pressured to sign over future mineral rights revenues in the billions to repay the U.S. for past and potentially future military assistance.
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Bob Rawitch, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
The explosive court documents were obtained by DailyMail and accuses Diddy of brandishing a baseball bat in 1996 to intimidate Burrowes into signing over his 25 percent stake in the label to Janice Smalls-Combs, his mother.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The president emphasized his demand that Ukraine sign over hundreds of billions of dollars in mineral rights to repay U.S. military aid, which Mr. Zelensky has resisted.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
President Trump's demand that Ukraine sign over a huge chunk of its economy as repayment for help fending off Russia is flat-out wrong.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Bob Rawitch, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
The explosive court documents were obtained by DailyMail and accuses Diddy of brandishing a baseball bat in 1996 to intimidate Burrowes into signing over his 25 percent stake in the label to Janice Smalls-Combs, his mother.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The president emphasized his demand that Ukraine sign over hundreds of billions of dollars in mineral rights to repay U.S. military aid, which Mr. Zelensky has resisted.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
President Trump's demand that Ukraine sign over a huge chunk of its economy as repayment for help fending off Russia is flat-out wrong.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Sign over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20over. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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