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obey the call of nature

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ANSWER THE CALL OF NATURE.

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[answer the call of nature] or [obey the call of nature] {v. phr.}, {slang} To go to the bathroom to relieve oneself by urinating or defecating. * /Ted was hiking […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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