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call of nature

noun Informal.

a need to urinate or defecate.

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1850–55

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nature's call definition

and call of nature

n.
the feeling of a need to go to the toilet. : I think I feel nature's call coming on.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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]

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