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View synonyms for call of nature

call of nature

noun

, Informal.
  1. a need to urinate or defecate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of call of nature1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Idioms and Phrases

Need to urinate or defecate, as in He left to answer the call of nature . This euphemism may be dying out. [Mid-1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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