kick cold turkey

kick cold (turkey)

in. to stop taking drugs without tapering off. (Drugs.) Britney tried to kick cold turkey, but it was just too much.
See also: cold, kick, turkey
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • burrnips
  • take cold
  • cold one
  • catch a cold
  • cold shower
  • a cold shower
  • shower
  • grow cold
  • the common cold
  • you'll catch your death of cold