The meaning of Give-up-the-ghost

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To die

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Our old tv had finally given up the ghost., all i'd cherished from early childhood had been denied …

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If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working

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Our old tv had finally given up the ghost.

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To stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed

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All i'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so i simply gave up the ghost.