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give-up the ghost
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb give-up the ghost has 1 sense
- give-up the ghost(v = verb.change) 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 - 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" is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
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