Uk English Meaning of giving up the ghost
giving up the ghost
Other Uk English words related to giving up the ghost
- buying it
- checking out
- dying
- falling
- kicking in
- kicking off
- passing away
- passing (on)
- perishing
- going out
- Bite the dust
- buying the farm
- out
- croaking
- departing
- disappearing
- dropping
- ending
- exit
- expiring
- fading
- going
- kick the bucket
- parting
- Pegging out
- brilliant
- succumbing
- consuming
- deceased
- deceased
- drying out
- failing
- flatlining
- predeceasing
Nearest Words of giving up the ghost
- giving up (to) => giving up (to)
- giving the third degree to => giving the third degree to
- giving the lie to => giving the lie to
- giving rise to => giving rise to
- giving over => giving up
- giving out => giving out
- giving one's word => giving one's word
- giving one the gate => giving one the gate
- giving one the creeps => to make someone feel uneasy or creepy
- giving off => giving off
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
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 part
buying it,checking out,dying,falling,kicking in,kicking off,passing away,passing (on),perishing,going out
breathing,coming to,living,being,existing,lingering,reviving,flourishing,subsisting,thriving
giving up (to) => giving up (to), giving the third degree to => giving the third degree to, giving the lie to => giving the lie to, giving rise to => giving rise to, giving over => giving up,
