yield the ghost

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yield the ghost

verb yields the ghost · yielding the ghost · yielded the ghost · yield up the ghost

  1. idiomatic To give up the ghost. and often did I strive / To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood / Stopped in my soul, and would not let it forth

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@misc{yield_the_ghost_2026,
  title = {yield the ghost},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yield%20the%20ghost},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}