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单词 call of nature
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call of nature

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noun Informal.

a need to urinate or defecate.

Origin of call of nature

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby call of nature

call money, call names, call number, call of duty, call off, call of nature, call on, call one's own, call on the carpet, callop, callosal
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Idioms and Phrases with call of nature

call of nature

Need to urinate or defecate, as in He left to answer the call of nature. This euphemism may be dying out. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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