cold turkey

cold turkey
cold turkey
Sl. immediately; without tapering off or cutting down gradually. (See also go cold turkey. Originally drug slang. Now used of breaking any habit.) •

Tom stopped smoking cold turkey.

She gave up her drinking habit cold turkey and had no ill effects.

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{adv.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Abruptly and without medical aid to withdraw from the use of an addictive drug or from a serious drinking problem. * /Joe is a very brave guy; he kicked the habit cold turkey./ 2. {n.} An instance of withdrawal from drugs, alcohol, or cigarette smoking. * /Joe did a cold turkey./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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