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COLD TURKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cold turkey mean?
• COLD TURKEY (noun)
The noun COLD TURKEY has 2 senses:
1. a blunt expression of views
2. complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
Familiarity information: COLD TURKEY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blunt expression of views
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
I told him cold turkey
Hypernyms ("cold turkey" is a kind of...):
expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
she quit her job cold turkey
Hypernyms ("cold turkey" is a kind of...):
drug withdrawal; withdrawal (the termination of drug taking)
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