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give up the ghost |
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give up the ghost 1. to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed. She'd been trying to break into acting for ten years without success and was just about to give up the ghost. 2. if a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working. We've had the same television for fifteen years and I think it's finally about to give up the ghost. give up the ghost 1. to stop trying. She'd been trying to break into acting for ten years without success and was just about to give up the ghost. 2. to stop operating. He had not been to town since spring because his car had given up the ghost. 3. to die. My great-grandfather gave up the ghost a week after moving into a nursing home. |
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Impressed with this idea, I was about to relinquish my hold and give up the ghost with a good grace, when I was arrested by the cry of the Angel, who bade me hold on. The fireflies, too, which sparkled most vividly in the darkest places, now and then startled him, as one of uncommon brightness would stream across his path; and if, by chance, a huge blockhead of a beetle came winging his blundering flight against him, the poor varlet was ready to give up the ghost, with the idea that he was struck with a witch's token. |
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