break the seal

Initial bathroom visit

Break the seal is to urinate for the first time during a drinking session, after which you'll supposedly need to go with increasing frequency.

The "seal" is imaginary—a joking folk belief that the bladder, once emptied, won't leave you alone: I've been holding it for hours—I don't want to break the seal yet.

opening

uncork

Remove bottle's seal

unwrap · unbox · peel · puncture · pierce · breach · rupture · open · unlock · unfasten

inaugurate

christen

Bestow a name ceremonially

launch · unveil · premiere · introduce · kickstart · kick off · initiate · usher in · embark · pioneer

bladder

urinate

Expel bodily fluid

relieve · washroom · drinking · alcohol · beer · party · bar · nightclub · hydration · urgency

Opposites
urinary restraint

break the sealhold it

Command to pause

wait it out · tough it out · stay strong

physical integrity

break the sealseal

Authentication stamp or mark

reseal · seal up · close · secure · fasten

secrecy/confidentiality

break the sealkeep secret

Not reveal information

keep mum

Family

break, seal, breaks, broken, breaking, breaker, breakable, unbreakable, outbreak

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