What is "signing up"

Usage examples of "signing up".

And the folks up home didn't hold no parades signing up for this army.

Yet women, as was the case with their male counterparts, were still signing up to serve in the armed services in record numbers.

When his convoy halted he let it be known that he would consider signing up one buffalo hunter, if the man was unusually good with the rifle.

The little guy, who had always seemed so cynical, was doing something wildly idealistic--signing up to be the only white doctor in Trenchtown, Jamaica.

Bill enrolled at the University of Houston for the 1983 summer session, signing up for philosophy and a couple of drama classes, and in late May he and Laurie drove to Austin for his big farewell show at the Workshop.

So you turn your back on that, and instead of signing up you let them nail you with a fake job, which you run away from at the earliest possible opportunity.

Though she had resented every minute she'd been forced to sit in a classroom, she now considered signing up for a course on business management.

Meanwhile they were going back to trading, Union was still refusing to let Alliance merchanters into its internal routes without them signing up as Union-based, and the Old Man had wanted Quen to bribe him into supporting her in some scheme of her devising.

Father telephoned Brian, told him that he was signing up with the AFS.

When the purser's office announced that it was time to sign up for excursions on Botany Bay, I was one of the first to show up, going over all the possibilities, asking questions, taking brochures to my cabin, and signing up for and paying cash for all the best and most expensive trips.

But I want to go back, it is something I love doing-and I would like to add a wing to this house and get into sculpture again, too, but simply signing up for a figure sketching class is more likely.