# take a piss

idiom · Vulgar

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/take-a-piss
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To urinate, especially of a male person.

## Examples

- He stepped outside to take a piss.
- The driver stopped the bus at a gas station so the passengers could take a piss.
- After hours of driving through the desert without a stop, he pulled over behind a large rock to take a piss.

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