go cold turkey

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go cold turkey

Inf. to stop (doing something) without tapering off. (Originally drug slang. Now concerned with breaking any habit.) I had to stop smoking, so I went cold turkey. It's awful! When heroin addicts go cold turkey, they get terribly sick.

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The judge told teenager Shane Preston that he could go cold turkey and come out clean on his release. Thumbs up from mum; Addict son locked up by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) They should be forced to go cold turkey to rid themselves of this scourge and stop blaming everyone and everything else for their self-induced situation. Out of a fix; Yourview by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) JUNKIE prisoners have received more than pounds 30,000 in compensation after they were forced to go cold turkey in jail. CRIME PAYS; Human Rights Act gives eight jailed addicts share of ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			go AWOL go back a long way go back on word go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines go bad go badly with go ballistic go bananas go beet red go beetroot go before go begging go behind back go belly up go below go berserk go beyond go blank go broke go by the board go by the book go by the name of Go chase yourself! go cold turkey go commando go crazy go deep go down a treat go down fighting go down for the third time go down in defeat go down in flames go down in history go down like a lead balloon go down like ninepins go down on knees go down that road go down the chute go down the line go down the plughole go down the tubes go down the wrong way go downhill go Dutch go easy go easy on go fifty-fifty Go figure Go figure!			Go Big Orange Go Big Red go blank Go Blue Wolverine go board GO bond GO Bonds go broke go bust go bust go bust go bust go by go by go by go by go by shank's mare go by the board go by the board go by the board go by the board go by the board go by the boards go by the book go by the name of go by the wayside go by the wayside go cap in hand Go chase yourself! Go climb a tree! go cold turkey Go commando go contrary to go counter go counter go counter go counter go counter to go crazy Go Cross Campus go cup Go Daddy Go Daddy Group Go Daddy Group, Inc Go Daddy Software Go Daddy Software, Inc Go Dearborn Online Message Board go deep go deep go deep into Go Die in a Fire go different ways Go Do Your Homework go down go down go down go down go down go down a treat go down fighting go down for the third time

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