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cold turkey

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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.

cold turkey
n
1. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang a method of curing drug addiction by abrupt withdrawal of all doses
2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) the withdrawal symptoms, esp nausea and shivering, brought on by this method
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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 (fam) to go cold turkeyavere la scimmia
cold turkey n (fam) to go cold turkeyavere la scimmia


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