Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cold turkey
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Cold turkey
cold turkey
I. noun Date: 1921 1. abrupt complete cessation of the use of an addictive drug; also the symptoms experienced by a person undergoing withdrawal from a drug 2. unrelieved blunt language or procedure 3. a cold aloof person • cold-turkey transitive verb II. adverb Date: 1941 all at once ; abruptly: as a. without a period of gradual adjustment, adaptation, or withdrawal quit smoking ~ b. without preparation a new player who started the season ~
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1.
1. голая правда; истина без прикрас 2. резкое прекращение употребления наркотиков (добровольное или принудительное) 3. разг. бесчувственный, холодный человек; рыба бесчувственная ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to. (INFORMAL) The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n go cold turkey to suddenly stop taking a drug you are addicted to and to experience a sort of illness because of it (Marcia went cold turkey off heroin.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{adv.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Abruptly and without medical aid to withdraw from the use of an addictive drug or from a serious drinking problem. * /Joe is a very brave guy; he kicked the habit cold turkey./ 2. {n.} An instance of withdrawal from drugs, alcohol, or cigarette smoking. * /Joe did a cold turkey./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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