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to give up the ghost
01
Умереть
to stop living
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Idiom
Informal
Примеры
After a long battle with illness, the elderly man peacefully gave up the ghost in his sleep.
The old car finally sputtered and gave up the ghost, leaving its owner stranded on the side of the road.
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(машины) перестать работать
(of a machine) to fail to work properly
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IdiomInformalПримеры
My old car finally gave up the ghost; it stopped running altogether and could n't be fixed.
The ancient printer in the office gave up the ghost, leaving us unable to print any documents.
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перестань пытаться что-то сделать
to put an stop to an activity one knows has very little or no chance of achieving success
Dialect
British
British![to [give] up the ghost definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/43146/original/?type=jpeg "to [give] up the ghost definition and meaning")
Примеры
All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost.
