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yield the ghost

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To give up the ghost.

idiomatic

Examples

“and often did I strive / To yield⟳ the ghost: but still the envious flood⟳ / Stopped in my soul, and would not let⟳ it forth”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

yield up yield up the ghost yielded yielded the field yielded the ghost yielded up

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