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give-up the ghost::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| Type of | change state, turn |
| Has types | buy it, yield, asphyxiate, drown, fall, famish, pip out, predecease, starve, stifle, succumb, suffocate, abort |
| Verb group | break down, conk out, die, go, fail, go bad, break, give out, give way |
Examples of give-up the ghost
give-up the ghost
Gardens that have been fun all summer get weedy, and annuals give up the ghost and wither.
From the newsobserver.com
The youngest son, refusing to give up the ghost, is convinced that his father will return.
From the independent.co.uk
Radiohead supposedly want to give up the ghost according to a track on their last album.
From the hecklerspray.com
Still, at 33 years old and still going I'll be sorry to see it finally give up the ghost.
From the guardian.co.uk
While Urban Data may survive, some companies just give up the ghost.
From the businessweek.com
The false messiah of Greater Israel will finally give up the ghost.
From the economist.com
Honestly, how in the world could a band at the peak of its powers simply give up the ghost?
From the ocregister.com
Or else give up the ghost and invite Mexico to join the Union.
From the guardian.co.uk
But England were not about to give up the ghost without a fight.
From the guardian.co.uk
