Health
go cold turkey
stop a habit suddenly
To stop doing or using something suddenly and completely, without reducing it gradually.
Hear it in real life
Are you trying to eat less sugar?
No, I went cold turkey last month.
She went cold turkey on coffee and had a terrible headache for two days.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I went cold chicken on sugar.
Say: I went cold turkey on sugar.
The fixed expression is "go cold turkey," not "go cold chicken."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go cold turkey on something; went cold turkey
Your turn: say it out loud
She went cold turkey on coffee and had a terrible headache for two days.
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go cold turkey
stop a habit suddenly
“She went cold turkey on coffee and had a terrible headache for two days.”
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