take a leak

phrase

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

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Hothead follows, and, when the lawyer staggers out to take a leak, Hothead shoves a gardening fork through his neck. Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 An undefended toilet next to a urinal is not an ideal place for a trans man to take a leak, but Ben was confident — and had to go. New York Times, 10 May 2022 Three minutes into the premiere of The Baldwins, a Pomeranian saunters into a plexiglass corral in the family’s Manhattan apartment and positions itself to take a leak on a pee pad roughly five feet from the kitchen table. Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Take a leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20a%20leak. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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