pass water

English edit

From medical use of pass to refer to removing a substance from the body through natural processes.

pass water (third-person singular simple present passes water, present participle passing water, simple past and past participle passed water)

(euphemistic) To urinate.
- 1996 July 16, Daine Mahood, “Caught in a web of spinal pain”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 27 July 2015:
  My bladder has also been affected by nerve damage: sometimes I cannot pass water, sometimes I have to have a catheter.
- 2015 January 18, Associated Press, “Mystery Kidney Disease Killing Sri Lankan Farmer”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 July 2015:
  [P]atients arrived at hospitals complaining of fatigue, loss of appetite, joint pain and difficulty passing water.