powder your nose

powder your nose
powder your nose old-fashioned phrase
to use the toilet This expression is used by or about women .
Thesaurus: going to the toilethyponym
Main entry: powder

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powder your nose — see ↑powder, 2
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Main Entry: ↑nose
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powder your nose
somewhat old-fashioned
— used by women as a polite way of excusing themselves from a table, conversation, etc., to go to the bathroom

Excuse me. I'm just going to go powder my nose. I'll be right back.

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Main Entry: ↑powder

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powder your ˈnose idiom
(old-fashioned) a polite way of referring to the fact that a woman is going to the toilet/bathroom

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I'm just going to powder my nose.

Main entry: ↑powderidiom

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