use the bathroom
verb1
Euphemistic Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
- We went camping and had to use the bathroom in the woods.
- He wanted to go in and use the bathroom but he was ashamed of the way he looked. He had been in hiding, really, for nearly a month.1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 5:
- Related terms
- go to the washroom, go to the restroom, go to the toilet