cold turkey
noun/ˌkəʊld ˈtɜːki/
/ˌkəʊld ˈtɜːrki/
[uncountable]- the unpleasant state that drug addicts experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug; a way of treating drug addicts that makes them experience this stateTopics Health problemsc2
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