cold turkey
Example Sentences
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“It was terrifying. You can’t just go cold turkey on these things,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
While it won’t kill you like some other vices, trying to quit this spiritually corrosive habit cold turkey is inadvisable.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
According to medical literature and former patients, some programs, including CHOP, wean children off medications—including narcotics, antidepressants, steroids, and seizure medications—or encourage them to stop cold turkey.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
If you’re trying to scale back on social media, maybe limit yourself to 15 minutes a day, instead of going cold turkey.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Not bit by bit like in the hospital in 13, but cold turkey.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
