French Meaning of giving up the ghost

rendre l'âme

Other French words related to rendre l'âme

Definitions and Meaning of giving up the ghost in English

giving 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 giving up the ghost

rendre l'âme

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

achat,vérification,mourant,tombantes,commencer,lancant,décès,transmis (en avant),périssable,sortir

respiration,venant à,vivant,être,existant,persistant,ressusciter,florissant,subsistant,florissant

giving up (to) => abandonner (à), giving the third degree to => soumettre au troisième degré, giving the lie to => démentir, giving rise to => donnant lieu à, giving over => abandon,