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cold turkeying

cold turkeying is the present participle and gerund of cold turkey.

Meaning of cold turkey

Verb

cold turkey (third-person singular simple present cold turkeys, present participle cold turkeying, simple past and past participle cold turkeyed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To undergo sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.

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Questions about cold turkeying

What is cold turkeying the present participle and gerund of?
Cold turkeying is the present participle and gerund of cold turkey.

Words near cold turkeying in the dictionary

  1. cold traps
  2. cold treatment
  3. cold treatments
  4. cold turkey
  5. cold turkeyed
  6. cold turkeying
  7. cold turkeys
  8. cold ulcer
  9. cold ulcers
  10. cold urticaria
  11. cold wallet

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