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went to the bathroom

went to the bathroom is the simple past of go to the bathroom.

Meaning of go to the bathroom

Verb

go to the bathroom (third-person singular simple present goes to the bathroom, present participle going to the bathroom, simple past went to the bathroom, past participle gone to the bathroom)

  1. (US, euphemistic) Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
    • He had been married to Vi for twenty-one years, and he still found it impossible to go to the bathroom when she was in there with him.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
    Synonyms:
    use the toilet

Questions about went to the bathroom

What is went to the bathroom the simple past of?
Went to the bathroom is the simple past of go to the bathroom.

Words near went to the bathroom in the dictionary

  1. went to show
  2. went to sleep
  3. went to smash
  4. went to someone's head
  5. went to the bad
  6. went to the bathroom
  7. went to the bow-wows
  8. went to the country
  9. went to the devil
  10. went to the dogs
  11. went to the ends of the earth

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