Meaning cold turkey
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cold turkey"without preparation," 1910; narrower sense of "withdrawal from an addictive substance" (originally heroin) first recorded 1921. Cold turkey is a food that requires little preparat [..]
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cold turkeyNoun. Withdrawal from addictive drugs and the consequential pains and discomfort, including goosepimples, hence the name.
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cold turkeyGoing cold turkey refers to abruptly stopping an addictive habit (e.g. smoking, drinking or substance abuse), as opposed to gradually reducing intake of the addictive substance (e.g. cigarettes or alc [..]
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cold turkeyThe method of curing drug addiction whereby an addict is taken off drugs with no tapering-off period.
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cold turkey
The sudden and complete withdrawal of a dependent substance, especially of a drug
The physiological effects of such a withdrawal
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