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ghost
1. noun
1
a faint, secondary duplicate video image in a television signal, caused by the mixing of the primary signal and a delayed version of the same signal US, 1942.
2
a blank stop on a casino slot machine US, 1993.
3
in poker, a player who frequently absents himself from the table US, 1996.
4
LSD. Usually used with 'the' US, 1967. do a ghostto leave quickly US, 1995. when the ghost walksin oil drilling, pay day US, 1954
2. verb
1
to transfer a prisoner from one prison to another at night after the prison has been secured US, 1982.
2
to vanish US, 1969.
3
to relax, especially while evading duty. Military use US, 1982
idiomghost (as) white as a sheet/ghostgive up the ghost1 to stop trying to do something because you think you will not succeed:You're giving up the ghost already? If you can't learn to stay with something, you'll never get results.It's obvious from the tone of their speeches that the party's leaders have given up the ghost.2 old-fashioned to die:Many of those who were stricken by cholera gave up the ghost within a few hours.not have/stand a ghost of a chance (of doing sth)probably used in order to say that you think it is impossible for someone or something to succeed or happen:The critics didn't believe 'The Woman in Black' had a ghost of a chance of succeeding, but it became the longest running show ever at the Fortune Theater.Our team got through to the finals, but we don't stand a ghost of a chance of winning.lay the ghost of BrEBrEsolve/deal with a problem to finally deal with a problem from your past so that it no longer worries or upsets you:He should be perfectly capable of winning the Masters, but first he has to lay the ghost of last year's failure.The conference with trades unions and business leaders was designed to lay the ghost of Labour's hands-off economic strategy.

ghost

1. slang To ignore someone until they go away, rather than directly expressing one's disinterest, especially in virtual communications. This phrase is often applied to failed love connections. That guy I went out with last week kept texting me, but I just wasn't interested, so I had to ghost him.
2. slang To kill someone. The boss told Ray to ghost the informant.

ghost someone

tv. to kill someone. Mooshoo threatened to ghost the guy.
See:
  • (as) pale as a ghost
  • (as) white as a ghost
  • (as) white as a sheet
  • a ghost at the feast
  • be a ghost of (someone or something's) former self
  • be a shadow of (someone or something's) former self
  • be a shadow/ghost of your/its former self
  • ghost
  • ghost in the machine
  • ghost of a chance
  • ghost someone
  • ghost town
  • ghost turd
  • ghost writer
  • give up the ghost
  • give up the ghost, to
  • lay a ghost
  • lay the ghost of (something) to rest
  • lay the ghost of something
  • look as if (one) has seen a ghost
  • look as if you have seen a ghost
  • look as though (one) has seen a ghost
  • not a ghost of a chance
  • not have a ghost of a chance
  • not have a/the ghost of a chance
  • not have the ghost of a chance
  • pale as a ghost
  • the ghost at the feast
  • the ghost in the machine
  • the ghost walks
  • the spectre at the feast
  • white as a sheet
  • white as a sheet/ghost
  • yield the ghost
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