Canadian English Meaning of gives up the ghost
Give up the ghost
Other Canadian English words related to Give up the ghost
- buys it
- Illness
- falls
- passes (on)
- perishes
- bites the dust
- buy the farm
- checks out
- croaks
- deaths
- conveys or grants
- departs
- disappears
- dries up
- drops
- ends
- exits
- Expires
- Fades
- goes
- Kicks in
- kicks off
- kicks the bucket
- parts
- passes away
- pegs out
- pops off
- snuffs it
- steps out
- succumbs
- conks (out)
- consumes
- fails
- flatlines
- predeceases
Nearest Words of gives up the ghost
Definitions and Meaning of gives up the ghost in English
gives 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 gives up the ghost
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 part
buys it,Illness,falls,passes (on),perishes,bites the dust,buy the farm,checks out,croaks,deaths
comes to,lives,breathes,exists,is,flourishes,lingers,revives,subsists
gives up => gives up, gives rise to => gives rise to, gives over => gives over, gives out => gives out, gives of => gives away,
