take a leak

verb

eliminate urine

- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

• Syn:

• Derivationally related forms:

• Hypernyms: ↑excrete, ↑egest, ↑eliminate, ↑pass

• Hyponyms: ↑wet, ↑stale

• Verb Group:

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- Somebody ——s

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take a leak (slang)

To urinate

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Main Entry: ↑leak

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take a leak impolite phrase

to urinate (=pass liquid waste from your body)

Thesaurus: going to the toilet_hyponym

Main entry: leak

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informal urinate

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take a leak (or Brit have a leak)

informal + impolite : to pass liquid from the body : ↑urinate

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Main Entry: ↑leak

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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take a leak — Leak Leak (l[=e]k), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l[ a]ck; cf. AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.] 1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
take a leak — tv. to urinate. (Crude. Usually objectionable. Usually in reference to a male.) □ I gotta go take a leak. Back in a minute. □ He just went out to take a leak … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
take a leak — [B] urinate, take a pee [B], take a whiz We asked the bus driver to stop so we could take a leak … English idioms
take a leak — ► have (or take) a leak informal urinate. Main Entry: ↑leak … English terms dictionary
take a leak — urinate He stopped at the side of the road to take a leak when he was walking home last night … Idioms and examples
take a leak — very informal! to pass liquid waste out of the body. I ll be back in a moment I ve gotta take a leak … New idioms dictionary
take a leak — vb See leak … Contemporary slang
take a leak — verb To urinate … Wiktionary
Take a leak — to go to the toilet … Dictionary of Australian slang
take a leak — Australian Slang to go to the toilet … English dialects glossary

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