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What does give up the ghost mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word give up the ghost? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To cease clinging to life; to die.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To quit; to cease functioning.
  3. (intransitive, with of) To cede a commitment to or identification with.
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Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
With impeccable timing my sewing machine has chosen now to give up the ghost.
To tell the truth, folks, there are so many debates running in parallel here that I'm inclined to give up the ghost.
The engine inside his or her head will give up the ghost at the next bend.
Indeed once the float bulkhead was repaired and then reinforced by the Groupama team's shore crew, with the assistance of a handful of South African's from Team Shosholoza, it was the generator which was to give up the ghost.
A few reactors in her brain decided to give up the ghost, and she simply stared, incapable of speech or action.

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