GIVE UP THE GHOST meaning: Cease functioning, die, or fail

We found 19 dictionaries that define the word give up the ghost:

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give up the ghost: Merriam-Webster
give up the ghost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
give up the ghost: Collins English Dictionary
give-up the ghost: Vocabulary.com
give up the ghost: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
give up the ghost: Wiktionary
give-up the ghost, give up the ghost: Dictionary.com
Give Up the Ghost (album), Give Up the Ghost (band), Give Up the Ghost: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
give-up the ghost: Rhymezone
give-up the ghost: FreeDictionary.org
give-up the ghost: Mnemonic Dictionary
give-up the ghost, give up the ghost: TheFreeDictionary.com
Give up the ghost: Phrase Finder
give up the ghost: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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give-up the ghost: Encyclopedia

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give up the ghost: Idioms

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Give up the ghost, give up the ghost: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (give up the ghost)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To cease clinging to life; to die.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To quit; to cease functioning.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, with of) To cede a commitment to or identification with.

Opposite:

survive, persevere, endure, thrive, prevail

Phrases:

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