give up the ghost

give up the ghost
   to die
   The ghost is the spirit which you surrender to heaven, or as the case may be, when it leaves the body:
    Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost. (Job 14:10)
   There are many obsolete dialect phrases indicating that the dead will make no further demand on terrestrial resources, such as the Lancashire give up the spoon — you will sup no more:
    Johnny gan up his spoon one day beawt havin' any mooar warnin' nor other folk. (Brierley, 1865, of a sudden death)

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