usethebathroom (third-person singular simple presentuses the bathroom,present participleusing the bathroom,simple past and past participleused the bathroom)

1. (euphemistic)Synonym ofuse the toilet: tourinate ordefecate,especially (but notexclusively) whilevisiting abathroom.

   We went camping and had touse the bathroom in the woods.

   • 1962,James Baldwin,Another Country, New York, N. Y.:The Dial Press, published January1963,page 5:

     He wanted to go in anduse the bathroom but he was ashamed of the way he looked. He had been in hiding, really, for nearly a month.

• use the bathroom,go to the washroom,go to the restroom,go to the toilet

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