quit cold
Example Sentences
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“I’d like to not quit cold turkey. I think there are some opportunities, but it’s hard,” Almirola said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023
After the stroke, he quit cold turkey, cleaned up his diet and started working out twice a day.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023
The lifelong smoker decided to quit cold turkey at age 50 and vowed to run a marathon.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022
She now wants to quit cold turkey because she didn’t get what she wanted.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2020
I tell you they'd have quit cold inside of forty-eight hours.
From The Thunders of Silence by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)