evacuate (one's) bowels

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evacuate (one's) bowels

To defecate. Hang on, I've got to evacuate my bowels before we leave the house.
See also: bowel, evacuate

evacuate one's bowels

Euph. to defecate. After taking a jog around the block, Jill felt the need to evacuate her bowels. I am afraid my little boy is sick. He has not evacuated his bowels for several days.
See also: bowel, evacuate
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The flock had paused, in their dispersal, to evacuate their bowels, possibly in trepidation at my approach and the grass was covered in fresh sheep dung.
Ignore sheep at your peril
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