yield up the ghost in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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      "form": "yields up the ghost",
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    {
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      "glosses": [
        "For a person, to die."
      ],
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        "(archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "give up the ghost"
        },
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          "word": "yield the ghost"
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yields up the ghost",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yielding up the ghost",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yielded up the ghost",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yielded up the ghost",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "yield up the ghost"
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        "For a person, to die."
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        "(archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die."
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    {
      "word": "give up the ghost"
    },
    {
      "word": "yield the ghost"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yield up the ghost"
}

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"yield up the ghost" meaning in English

Verb