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# detox

«detox» in Mova's school dictionary: **A time when a person stops taking a drug or alcohol so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a detox, detoxes — also uncountable); verb (detox, detoxes, detoxed, detoxing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A time when a person stops taking a drug or alcohol so their body can get clean of it, often with doctors helping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#m1)

2) (informal) A time of eating only healthy food, which some people believe cleans the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#m2)

3) (informal) A break from something: a digital detox is time away from phones and screens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons detox in hospital is real medical help for addiction. «Detox diets» and «detox teas» are mostly a marketing myth: your liver and kidneys already clean your blood. A «screen detox» means a break from devices, which can help sleep and mood. Phrases: «go into detox», «digital detox», «detox diet».

### examples

- Dad is doing a digital detox — no phone all weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#x1)
- The singer went into detox to stop drinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#x2)
- Doctors help people through detox safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#x3)
- Juice detoxes don't really clean your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#x4)
- We had a screen detox on our camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#x5)
- After the holidays Mum said she needed a chocolate detox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/#x6)

### note

Short for «detoxification». Stress: DEE-tox. Myth: detox drinks and foot pads do not remove «toxins»; your liver and kidneys do that.

### In the corpora

- [Your liver and kidneys remove waste from your body every day; detox teas don't have good evidence behind them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «detox» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detox/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.