signs off on
- approvesFormally accepts or endorses
- authorizesOfficially allows something
- endorsesGives public support to
- greenlightsGrants official approval
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
rubber-stamps · okays · validates · certifies · clears · confirms · finalizes · permits · ratifies · seals · stamps · initiates · countersigns · notarizes · blesses · nods · thumbs-up · paperwork
approval/authorization
signs off onvetoes
Formally rejects proposed laws
rejects · denies · blocks · refuses · disapproves
engagement/involvement
signs off ontakes over
Assumes another's position
micromanages · holds up · delays · stalls · sits on