"yield up the ghost" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: yields up the ghost [present, singular, third-person], yielding up the ghost [participle, present], yielded up the ghost [participle, past], yielded up the ghost [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=yield up the ghost}} yield 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)
  1. (archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die. Tags: archaic, idiomatic Synonyms: give up the ghost, yield the ghost
    Sense id: en-yield_up_the_ghost-en-verb-vvEaT279 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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