Cold turkey
Cold turkey noun - A cold aloof person.
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Synonyms for Cold turkey
Stop and cold turkey are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb phrase "Cold turkey".
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
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Both terms in one sentence
- And when I finally graduated and had the free will to stop, I quit 'em cold turkey.
Source: Platypus Comix / Articles - Archer: Archer claims that he can never stop drinking because he is constantly drinking away the effects of his previous drinking, and if he quits cold turkey, the cumulative hangover will kill him.
Source: Hair of the Dog - Going Cold Turkey: Rex does this when Jeannette asks him to stop drinking as a birthday present to her.
Source: Literature / The Glass Castle
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Stop and Cold turkey. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_turkey/stop
Cold turkey & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_turkey/stop>.
Stop or Cold turkey. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold_turkey/stop.
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