go to the bathroom
verb1
US, Euphemistic Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
- He had been married to Vi for twenty-one years, and he still found it impossible to go to the bathroom when she was in there with him.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
- Calvin had spilled orange juice on his lap during breakfast and worried that someone might think he had gone to the bathroom in his pants.1995, Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger:
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- It seems that Chris [a dog] squatted to go to the bathroom on the carpet and Chuck panicked and jumped up, rushed over, and managed to catch the droppings in his hand.2009, Marcia Stedron, My Roller Coaster Life as an Army Wife, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 57:
- Related terms
- use the bathroom, go to the restroom, go to the toilet, go to the washroom