give up the ghost

verb3

1. •
   To cease clinging to life; to die.

   • And Iesus cryed with a loude voice, and gaue vp the ghost. — 1611
2. •
   (figurative) To quit; to cease functioning.

   • My old computer finally gave up the ghost the other day.
3. •
   To cede a commitment to or identification with.

   • But McCartney, 50, is hardly ready to give up the ghost of his creative past. — 1993