bathroom break

noun

: a brief pause in or stoppage of an activity for people to use a bathroom

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There might be time for a bathroom break or beverage purchase, but not much more. Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Forget a lunch hour; Dr. Robby can’t reliably take a bathroom break without being interrupted by a code red. Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025 The 55-year-old senator, a former tight end on Stanford’s football team, did not sit down, did not eat and did not take a bathroom break. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025 He was not allowed to sit or take a bathroom break, as either would have resulted in him yielding the floor. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bathroom break

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“Bathroom break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathroom%20break. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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