simple past tense of give up the ghost

(idiomatic, intransitive) To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.

(Ulster) people from any part of Ireland except northeast Ulster

(idiomatic) To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.

To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut. / To do work that would otherwise be left undone. / To provide extra needed resources.

To make or declare war.

To accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.

(archaic, slang, idiomatic) To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; throw in the towel.

(idiomatic) To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile.

simple past tense of take up the mantle