d'un seul coup — 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 seul coup is used for these senses in English:
- all at once Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see All at the same time; all together.
- at once At the same time; simultaneously; together.
- cold turkey (idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
- one fell swoop (idiomatic) One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results.
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.