use the bathroom

English

Verb

use the bathroom (third-person singular simple present uses the bathroom, present participle using the bathroom, simple past and past participle used the bathroom)

1. (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.

   • 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published 1963 January, page 5:

     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.

Related terms

• use the bathroom, go to the washroom, go to the restroom, go to the toilet