take a leak
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Better, surely, that we all act like adults and exercise some forward-planning, some restraint in the matter of consumption – take a leak while the trailers are on and skip the jumbo soda.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2019
“I hate hearing aids ‘cause when you go take a leak it sounds like 100 gallons of water running,” he quipped.
From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2019
Let the man take a leak in peace!
From Golf Digest • Aug. 26, 2018
Went to take a leak in Moncrief and this was hanging above the toilet.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2017
At least you can read a book or get up and walk around, take a leak.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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