di colpo — 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.
- forthwith adv Immediately, without any delay.
- overnight adv Throughout the night, or during the course of one night.
- short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
Senses
di colpo is used for these senses in English:
- cold turkey (idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
- forthwith (chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]
- overnight (figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
- short Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
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.