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to give up the ghost

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peggy-1986
 
Reply Sun 18 Jun, 2006 06:14 am
"My poor old aunt was in bed with cancer for six month before she finally gave up the ghost."
What does this sentence mean?
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sun 18 Jun, 2006 06:36 am
Supposedly a ghost is a spirit who haunts in this world. When your aunt "gave up the ghost", she let her spirit go. She died.
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