use the bathroom en · VERB
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| using the bathroom | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| used the bathroom | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| used the bathroom | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| uses the bathroom | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
go to the washroom · go to the restroom · go to the toilet