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Noun: cold turkey  kówld tur-kee
  1. A blunt expression of views
    "I told him cold turkey"
     
  2. Complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
    "he quit smoking cold turkey"; "she quit her job cold turkey"

Type of: drug withdrawal, expression, verbal expression, verbalism, withdrawal

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