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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See cold turkey in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang
  1. Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug.
  2. Blunt language or procedural method.
  3. A cold fish.

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