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give-up the ghost vs kick the bucket

kick the bucket vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost and kick the bucket both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
give-up the ghost No No Yes No
kick the bucket No No Yes No
As verbs, give-up the ghost and kick the bucket are synonyms defined as:
  • give-up the ghost and kick the bucket: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other synonyms of give-up the ghost include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
give-up the ghost (verb) kick the bucket (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Difference between give-up the ghost and kick the bucket

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