to quit cold

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• quit — [v1] abandon, leave abdicate, blow*, book*, bow out, check out, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, drop, drop out, evacuate, exit, forsake, get off, give up, go, go away from, hang it up*, leave flat*, leave hanging*, pull out, push off*,… …   New thesaurus

• quit to —    die    From the departure and as quit the scene. To quit cold or quit breathing is to be killed:     Quit cold with a slug in his head. (Chandler, 1939)     Tafoya asked if there was anybody that should quit breathing permanently . (Maas,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• quit — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abscond, acquit, act, atone, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, bear, beat a retreat, beat it, beg off, belay, blow, bow out, cancel, carry, cease, chuck, clear, clear of, clear …   Moby Thesaurus

• Cold (band) — Cold Cold spider logo Background information Origin Jacksonville, Florida, USA Genres …   Wikipedia

• Cold Turkey (film) — Cold Turkey 1971 movie poster Directed by Norman Lear Produced by Norman Lear …   Wikipedia

• Cold Winter — Developer(s) Swordfish Studios Publisher(s) Vivendi Universal Games …   Wikipedia

• cold turkey — without preparation, 1910; narrower sense of withdrawal from an addictive substance (originally heroin) first recorded 1921. Cold turkey is a food that requires little preparation, so to quit like cold turkey is to do so suddenly and without… …   Etymology dictionary

• Cold Chisel — This article is about the Australian rock band. For the cutting tool, see Chisel#Cold chisel. Cold Chisel Origin Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Genres Pub rock, hard rock, rock and roll Years active 1973– …   Wikipedia

• cold turkey — noun 1. a blunt expression of views I told him cold turkey • Hypernyms: ↑expression, ↑verbal expression, ↑verbalism 2. complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent he quit smoking cold… …   Useful english dictionary

• cold — coldish, adj. coldly, adv. coldness, n. /kohld/, adj., colder, coldest, n., adv. adj. 1. having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day. 2. feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters… …   Universalium

• Cold turkey (disambiguation) — The phrase cold turkey or title Cold Turkey may refer to: Going cold turkey, withdrawing from a habit Cold Turkey , a 1969 song by John Lennon Cold Turkey, a 1951 animated short film starring Pluto (Disney) Cold Turkey (film), a 1971 comedy by… …   Wikipedia