pass water

idiom

medical
: to send urine out of the body : to urinate

Examples of pass water in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The only outlet for Colorado River water from the dam would then be a set of smaller, deeper and rarely used bypass tubes with a far more limited ability to pass water downstream to the Grand Canyon and the cities and farms in Arizona, Nevada and California. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022 But the aqueducts of ancient Rome stand out thanks to their grand scale and breathtaking architecture, which often used elevated bridges to pass water across valleys and over urban areas. Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020

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“Pass water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20water. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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