Australian English Meaning of give-up the ghost

give up the ghost

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Definitions and Meaning of give-up the ghost in English

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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

FAQs About the word give-up the ghost

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

buy it,check out,fall,pass on (to),Bite the dust,Buy the farm,conk (out),croak,death,demise

breathe,come to,live,be,exist,linger,revive,flourish,survive,thrive

gives => gives, giver => giver, givenness => givenness, given name => given name, given => given,