sign out
To write your name when you leave a place, or to close your account on a website or app.
Meanings
To record your departure from a place by signing your name in a register.
"Don't forget to sign out when you leave the building after your shift."
To log out of a digital account, app, or computer system.
"Always sign out of your email when using a shared computer."
To officially borrow equipment or materials from a facility by recording your name.
"You need to sign out any cameras from the media room before taking them off site."
The physical sense (writing your name in a visitor log when leaving) and the digital sense (logging out of an account) are both very common. Can be transitive ('Please sign out the equipment'). Common in both British and American English.
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