cold turkey
adverb/ˌkəʊld ˈtɜːki/
/ˌkəʊld ˈtɜːrki/
- if somebody stops taking a drug cold turkey, they stop in a sudden way that produces an unpleasant state
- I quit smoking cold turkey.
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