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cold turkeys

cold turkeys is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 turkeys

What is cold turkeys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cold turkeys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cold turkey.

Words near cold turkeys in the dictionary

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

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