1. Cease to live
   "The old horse gave up the ghost"; "The patient gave up the ghost after a long illness";
   - die, decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
    
2. Stop operating or functioning
   "The computer gave up the ghost yesterday";
   - fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out [informal], go, break, break down, pack up [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: given up the ghost, giving up the ghost, gives up the ghost, gave up the ghost

Type of: change, change state, turn

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