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cold turkey definition

☆ cold turkey

  1. by abruptly and totally withdrawing from an addiction to drugs, tobacco, etc.
  2. in a frank, blunt, or matter-of-fact way to talk cold turkey about our chances
  3. without preparation or preliminaries

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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