yield up the ghost

English

Alternative forms

• give up the ghost
• yield the ghost

Verb

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

     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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:die

Translations

give up the ghost — see give up the ghost