Synonyms of give up the ghost
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Another word for give up the ghost is expire. Other synonyms of give up the ghost are perish and code.
Synonyms and similar words for give up the ghost
verbTo cease clinging to life; to die.
- yield up the ghostFor a person, to die.
- yield the ghostTo give up the ghost.
- assume room temperature slangTo die; to be killed.
- auger in euphemisticTo crash catastrophically into the ground.
- be called home euphemistic
- be like the the One euphemistic
- be no more
- be with Jesus
- be with the Lord
- bite the big one euphemisticTo die.
- bite the biscuit euphemistic
- bite the dust euphemistic
- buy the farm euphemisticTo die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
- buy it euphemisticTo die.
- cark itTo die.
- cash in euphemisticTo die.
- cash in one's chips euphemistic
- check out euphemistic
- close one's eyes for the last timeTo die; to pass away.
- code
- conk out euphemistic
- croak euphemistic
- cross over
- cross the Great Divide euphemistic
- cross the StyxTo die.
- darken euphemisticTo be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.
- deceaseTo die.
- decompose
- dematerialize euphemistic
- depart euphemistic
- disincarnate
- draw one's last breathTo die.
- drop off the hooks euphemisticTo die.
- exit euphemisticTo depart from life; to die.
- expireTo die.
- fall off the twig euphemisticSynonym of die.
- flatline
- give one's all euphemisticTo lose one's life while making the utmost effort with full commitment.
- go for a burton euphemistic
- go out euphemistic
- go over to the majority euphemisticTo die.
- go the way of all flesh euphemisticTo die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction.
- go the way of the dinosaurs euphemisticTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to become a thing of the past.
- go the way of the dodo euphemisticTo go extinct or become obsolete or defunct; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.
- go the way of the dodo bird euphemistic
- go to glory euphemistic
- go to one's reward euphemistic
- go west euphemistic
- hand in one's checks euphemistic
- hand in one's dinner pail euphemisticTo die.
- hop the twig euphemistic
- join the choir invisibleTo die.
- keel over euphemistic
- kick the bucket euphemisticTo die.
- kick off euphemistic
- knock off euphemistic
- liquidate euphemistic
- lose the number of one's mess euphemisticTo die, to perish.
- meet one's doomTo die.
- meet one's endTo die.
- meet one's makerTo die or to pass into the afterlife.
- pass euphemisticTo die.
- pass away euphemistic
- pass in one's checks euphemisticTo die.
- pass in one's marble euphemistic
- pass onTo die.
- pass over
- pass the river euphemisticTo die.
- pay nature's debt euphemisticSynonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”).
- pay the debt of nature euphemisticTo die.
- peg out euphemistic
- perishTo die; to cease to live.
- pop off euphemistic
- pop one's clogs euphemisticTo die.
- push up daisies euphemisticTo be dead.
- shuffle off this mortal coil euphemisticTo die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
- slip away euphemistic
- snuff it euphemisticTo die.
- succumb euphemistic
- take a dirt nap euphemisticTo die.
- turn up one's toes euphemisticTo die.
- be gathered to one's fathers dated, euphemisticTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
- forfare archaic
- sink archaic, euphemisticTo die.
- sleep with one's fathers dated, literaryTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
Meaning of give up the ghost
- verb To cease clinging to life; to die.
- verb To quit; to cease functioning.
- verb To cede a commitment to or identification with.
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