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kick the bucket vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost vs kick the bucket

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kick the bucket No No Yes No
give-up the ghost No No Yes No
As verbs, kick the bucket and give-up the ghost are synonyms defined as:
  • kick the bucket and give-up the ghost: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other synonyms of kick the bucket 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.
kick the bucket (verb) give-up the ghost (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 kick the bucket and give-up the ghost

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