give-up the ghost

Verb

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give-up the ghost - die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket" Synonyms: croak, drop dead, kick the bucket, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, snuff it, pop off, conk, choke

buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, colloquialism, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it