give-up the ghost (Meaning)
give-up the ghost (v)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
give-up the ghost
to cease to live or function, to abandon (oneself) to a feeling, influence, or activity, to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitching, to devote to a particular purpose or use, stop entry 1 sense 7a, to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat, to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity, surrender entry 1 sense 1, to yield control or possession of, to desist from, to declare incurable or insoluble, to despair of seeing
Synonyms & Antonyms of give-up the ghost
FAQs About the word give-up the ghost
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain lifeto cease to live or function, to abandon (oneself) to a feeling, i
die, pass (on), check out, pass away, perish, buy it, fall, demise, decease, bite the dust
breathe, live, come to, breathe, live,come to, linger, linger, exist, revive
After a valiant battle against cancer, she finally gave up the ghost, surrounded by her loving family.
The ship had been battered by storms for days before it ultimately gave up the ghost and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The elderly man had been hovering on the brink of death for weeks before he gave up the ghost peacefully in his sleep.
The abandoned house had long been a haunting sight in the neighborhood until it finally gave up the ghost and collapsed into a pile of rubble.
