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cold turkey

 
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–noun Informal.
1. abrupt and complete withdrawal from the use of an addictive substance, as a narcotic drug, alcohol, or tobacco.
—Idiom
2. go cold turkey,
a. to stop using an addictive substance abruptly and completely.
b. to undergo sudden and complete withdrawal from a habitual activity or behavior pattern.
c. to begin or do something without planning, preparation, or practice.
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; prob. from the phrase to talk cold turkey to speak bluntly about something unpleasant, var. of to talk turkey; see turkey
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cold-tur⋅key

  [kohld-tur-kee] Slang.
–verb (used with object)
1. to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
–verb (used without object)
2. to withdraw from an addictive substance or a habit abruptly and completely.
–adjective
3. abrupt and complete: cold-turkey withdrawal from drugs.
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Cultural Dictionary

cold turkey

To “go cold turkey” is to withdraw suddenly and completely from an addictive substance or some other form of dependency: “Many people who attempt to quit smoking do so by going cold turkey rather than by gradually cutting down.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
cold turkey

  1. mod.
    [stopping something] suddenly, without tapering off. (Said especially of stopping an addictive drug intake. Originally drugs.) : Martha stopped cold turkey and survived.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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 preparation, so "to quit like cold turkey" is to do so suddenly and without preparation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cold tur·key
Pronunciation: -'t&r-kE
Function: noun
: abrupt complete cessation of the use of an addictive drug; also : the symptoms experienced by one undergoing withdrawal from a drug —cold turkey adverb or transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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