cold turkey

cold turkey

n. Slang

1. Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug.

2. Blunt language or procedural method.

3. A cold fish.

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cold turkey

Noun

Slang a method of curing drug addiction by the sudden withdrawal of all doses

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cold turkey - a blunt expression of views; "I told him cold turkey" verbal expression, verbalism, expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
	2.	cold turkey - complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent; "he quit smoking cold turkey"; "she quit her job cold turkey" drug withdrawal, withdrawal - the termination of drug taking

Translations

cold turkey n (col) → mono

cold turkey n (inf) → manque m;

to go cold turkey → être en manque

cold turkey n to do cold turkey → Totalentzug machen

cold turkey n (col): to go cold turkey → avere la scimmia (drogato)