weaned off
Slowly phased out
Weaned off describes the gradual process of reducing dependence on something until it's no longer needed.
The original sense involves transitioning an infant from breast milk to other food, but the phrase now commonly applies to medications, habits, or dependencies: She was slowly weaned off the painkillers.
The process implies careful, incremental withdrawal rather than abrupt stopping.
- abstainDeliberately not do
- sucklingUnweaned infant mammal
- breast milkMammary secretion for infants
- unweanedStill dependent on milk
- detoxSubstance removal process
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