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cold-turkey

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cold-turkey
cold turkey - the unpleasant physical and mental effects someone suffers when they suddenly stop taking drugs. Cold-turkey treatment of addicts will always produce withdrawal symptoms. (always before noun)

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Republicans had to take a step back and make a practical reassessment of the situation at hand: The state is so addicted to exorbitant spending that, like the most addled heroin junky, it probably couldn't survive the awful shock of trying to give up its nasty habit cold-turkey.
Proponents of the cold-turkey method suggest that much less conflict ensues with getting rid of it as opposed to limited viewing.
I mean here is Lee Wimmer whose company once serviced significant government contracts, left cold-turkey to become the number one builder of intakes in the motorcycle industry.
 
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