quit cold
Example Sentences
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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
But he and his wife Jean quit cold turkey when their daughter Mary came along.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
Reducing your caffeine intake in the days leading up to Ramadan is advisable, so you don’t have to quit cold turkey on Day One.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2022
She now wants to quit cold turkey because she didn’t get what she wanted.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2020
What if they were lost, and remained lost until the engine in the nose sucked up the last drop of high test, and then quit cold?
From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Bowen, Robert Sydney
