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Phrase(s): sign something over (to someone) to sign a paper granting the rights to or ownership of something to a specific person. • Larry signed all the rights to his book over to the publisher. • He signed over all the rights to the publisher.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Legally dispose of or make over to a different owner, as in She signed over nearly all of her property to the church. [Early 1700s]
American Heritage Idioms