yield up the ghost

verb

For a person, to die.

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Meanings

verbyield up the ghost (third-person singular simple present yields up the ghost, present participle yielding up the ghost, simple past and past participle yielded up the ghost)

present singular third person yields up the ghost · participle present yielding up the ghost · participle past yielded up the ghost · past yielded up the ghost · alternative give up the ghost · alternative yield the ghost

  1. archaicidiomaticFor a person, to die.

    Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:10

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
diegive up the ghost
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