bathroom break
Quick toilet trip
A bathroom break is a pause in an activity to use the toilet.
The phrase appears in contexts where someone's time is structured by others—classrooms, workplaces, long meetings, road trips: We'll stop for a bathroom break in an hour.
Taking a bathroom break can also serve as a polite excuse to step away briefly for any reason.
- restroomFacility with toilets
- toiletWaste disposal fixture
- washroomRoom for personal hygiene
- urinationReleasing fluid waste
- pit stopBrief maintenance pause
rest area · squirm · gotta go · nature calls · defecation · lavatory · pee · desperate · loo · bowel movement · hold it · poop · bladder · latrine · outhouse · flush · hurry · make a run for it
- bathroom tripspeeing, pooping, urinating, defecating, going potty
- breakbreakaway, breakdown, breakout, breakthrough, breakup
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- study breakssnack, nap, coffee, music, walk
- work breaksbreather, pause, downtime, recharge, breakroom
- Gas station activitiespumping gas, paying, filling up, prepaying, swiping card
type of break
bathroom breaksmoke break
Pause for tobacco
coffee break · water cooler chat · lunch break · snack break · stretch break
break, room, bath, bathe, bathroom, bathing, bathed, bathrooms, bather