Meaning Of The Word Cold turkey

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cold turkey
uncountable noun: Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.

cold turkey in American English
by abruptly and totally withdrawing from an addiction to drugs, tobacco, etc.
noun: abrupt and complete withdrawal from the use of an addictive substance, as a narcotic drug, alcohol, or tobacco

cold turkey in British English
noun: a method of curing drug addiction by abrupt withdrawal of all doses

cold-turkey in American English
adjective: abrupt and complete
intransitive verb: to withdraw from an addictive substance or a habit abruptly and completely
transitive verb: to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely

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