Stop trying or give up when you know it is useless and you will not succeed
Etymology:
- This expression finds its origin in the Bible (Job 14:10). The word “Ghost “in this idiom has not been used for a person who is dead. Here it means soul which leaves the body of person when he dies. So if a person” give up the ghost” it means he is doing or he is dead, but if something “gives up the ghost” then it means that it has stopped functioning anymore, it has stopped finally.
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The destination was far away, what the old man could do except giving up the ghost.
Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Give Up the Ghost':
| give up the ghost | To cease clinging to life; to die. |
| give up the ghost | To quit; to cease functioning. |
| give up the ghost | To cede a commitment to or identification with. |
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