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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cold turkey informal

▶noun the abrupt and complete cessation of taking a drug to which one is addicted.

■ withdrawal symptoms, typically sweating and nausea, caused by this.

▶adverb chiefly N. Amer. in a sudden and abrupt manner.

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