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answer the call of nature

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answer the call of nature (humorous)
to urinate (= pass liquid from the body). I had to go into the woods to answer the call of nature.
See also: answer, call, nature

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Am so thirsty I can barely spit, and at dusk today I was forced to answer the call of nature.
Although men were free to use the bathroom, and encouraged to enjoy adjacent smoking lounges, women wore so many layers of clothing - petticoats, corsets, crinolines - that it was impossible for them to answer the call of nature without assistance.
 
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