see a man about a dog
UK informalYou might say you have to see a man about a dog when you do not want to say what you are really doing, especially when going to the toilet:
I've just got to see a man about a dog. I'll be back in a minute.
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Animal physiology: urine & urinating
- accident
- bathroom
- diuretic
- go to the bathroom idiom
- leak
- micturition
- pass water idiom
- slash
- spend
- take a leak/have a leak idiom
- tinkle
- urethra
- urethral
- uric
- urinate
- urination
- waterworks
- wee
- wet
- wet your pants idiom
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