use the toilet

use the toilet (third-person singular simple present uses the toilet, present participle using the toilet, simple past and past participle used the toilet)

1. (euphemistic) To urinate, defecate, or both in a toilet.

   She'll be right back. She had to use the toilet.

2. (euphemistic, uncommon) To urinate, defecate, or both in other places.

   We had to use the toilet in the woods when we went camping, so we carried bog rolls and small shovels everywhere we went.

• do one's duty, go potty (childish), go to the bathroom, go to the toilet, go to the restroom, go to the washroom, inspect the plumbing (jocular), see a man (jocular), see a man about a dog (jocular), see a man about a horse (jocular), use the bathroom, use the facilities, use the restroom, use the washroom; see also Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate