cold turkey

Speech parts

1. cold turkey - Noun

2. cold turkey - Adverb

3. cold turkey - Phrase

Meaning

complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent

a blunt expression of views

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

detox detoxification dry out sign off cool it

Antonyms

consistently continuously evenly systematically gently successively
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Hypernyms

expression withdrawal verbalism drug withdrawal verbal expression

Examples

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on. Kurt Vonnegut

Five days of wireheading alone should have killed her, never mind sudden cold turkey. Spider Robinson

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. Kurt Vonnegut

The smartest thing I did was to stop going online. I'm the sort of person who will just look for the negative - Michael really can't understand it, but that's just the way I am. And with my bipolar thing, that's poison. So I just stopped. Cold turkey. And it's so liberating. Catherine Zeta-Jones

he quit smoking cold turkey Source: Internet

she quit her job cold turkey Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

cold turkey

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