give-up the ghost meaning and definition

GIVE-UP THE GHOST verb

Definition of give-up the ghost (verb)

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   • "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
   • 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
   • antonym: be born