Idiom
yield the ghost
Meaning
To give up the ghost.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My old laptop finally yielded the ghost yesterday.”
“The ancient washing machine made a loud clanking noise before it finally yielded the ghost mid-cycle.”
“After years of faithful service, the engine sputtered one final time and yielded the ghost, leaving the travelers stranded in the middle of the desert.”
Examples
simple
“My old laptop finally yielded the ghost yesterday.”
contextual
“The ancient washing machine made a loud clanking noise before it finally yielded the ghost mid-cycle.”
complex
“After years of faithful service, the engine sputtered one final time and yielded the ghost, leaving the travelers stranded in the middle of the desert.”
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