Stop texting after a first date, say (5)

I believe the answer is:

ghost

(Other definitions for ghost that I've seen before include "Spirit of the dead" , "Apparition; faint trace" , "Hamlet's spectral father" , "One's dying to" , "Lay down life for another in this" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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