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      [Verb]  | "give up" 


      1: to yield control or possession of : surrender

      2: to desist from : abandon

      3: to declare incurable or insoluble


      Origin: 12th century ;

      [Phrase]  | "gave up the ghost" 


      1: to stop living;


        * e.g., " ... Her estranged sister gave up the ghost years ago. "





      [Phrase]  | "give up the ghost" 


      1: to stop living;


        * e.g., " ... Her estranged sister gave up the ghost years ago. "





       [ "gave up the ghost" ]

      1: died; surrendered to death

        * e.g.,  ... And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost. King James Bible 

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