Idiom
nature calls
Meaning
Used to indicate that someone (usually the speaker) feels a need to urinate or defecate.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to go, nature calls.”
“Excuse me for a moment while nature calls, but I will be right back.”
“He apologized to his colleagues for the interruption, explaining that nature calls and he must step away from the meeting briefly.”
Examples
simple
“I need to go, nature calls.”
contextual
“Excuse me for a moment while nature calls, but I will be right back.”
complex
“He apologized to his colleagues for the interruption, explaining that nature calls and he must step away from the meeting briefly.”
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