cold turkey noun
[noncount] informal : the act of stopping a bad habit (such as taking drugs) in a sudden and complete way
▪ I tried lots of ways to stop smoking, even cold turkey.
▪ I tried lots of ways to stop smoking, even cold turkey.
— cold turkey adverb
▪ Instead of trying to quit cold turkey, why don't you slowly decrease the amount that you smoke? ▪ Some people have to go cold turkey to stop.
▪ Instead of trying to quit cold turkey, why don't you slowly decrease the amount that you smoke? ▪ Some people have to go cold turkey to stop.
