go to the bathroom

English

Verb

go to the bathroom (third-person singular simple present goes to the bathroom, present participle going to the bathroom, simple past went to the bathroom, past participle gone to the bathroom)

1. (euphemistic, chiefly US) Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
   • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:

     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.

   • 1995, Louis Sachar, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger:

     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.

   • 2009, Marcia Stedron, My Roller Coaster Life as an Army Wife, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 57:

     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.

Related terms

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