pass water

present singular third person passes water · participle present passing water · participle past passed water · past passed water

1. euphemisticTo urinate.

   [P]atients arrived at hospitals complaining of fatigue, loss of appetite, joint pain and difficulty passing water.

   2015 January 18, Associated Press, “Mystery Kidney Disease Killing Sri Lankan Farmer”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Jul 2015

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   My bladder has also been affected by nerve damage: sometimes I cannot pass water, sometimes I have to have a catheter.

   1996 July 16, Daine Mahood, “Caught in a web of spinal pain”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 27 Jul 2015

   Synonyms: make water