yield up the ghost

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yield up the ghost

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

  1. archaic, idiomatic For a person, to die. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

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@misc{yield_up_the_ghost_2026,
  title = {yield up the ghost},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yield%20up%20the%20ghost},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}