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relieve oneself
Idioms and Phrases
Urinate or defecate, as in The puppy relieved itself in the middle of the floor . The use of relieve for these bodily functions dates from the mid-1800s.Example Sentences
"There is an unselfish conscious ease with relieving oneself in public," he says.
If one had been outside to relieve oneself already, the second exit was only harder.
It’s not only relieving oneself that is an issue at the encampment; merely getting clean is, too.
Or, often worse, having to relieve oneself under a leafy tree.
The redone toilets — there are already at least three in operation — are more toilet boutiques than simply a place to quickly relieve oneself.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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