d'un coup d'un seul — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cold turkey noun The abrupt and complete withdrawal from an addictive substance, without tapering the dose or using any medication to soften the effects; also the physical symptoms this produces.
Senses
d'un coup d'un seul is used for these senses in English:
- all at once (idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.
- cold turkey (idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
cold turkey — full definition
- noun The abrupt and complete withdrawal from an addictive substance, without tapering the dose or using any medication to soften the effects; also the physical symptoms this produces.
- adverb Suddenly and completely, with no gradual reduction, used of stopping any habit.
- noun Blunt, unvarnished talk that gets straight to the unpleasant point.