pay a visit to the lavatory

Anglais

Étymologie

 Composé de pay, visit et lavatory.

Locution verbale

pay a visit to the lavatory (to)

1. (Familier) Aller aux toilettes.
   • We had the radio on and we did some P.T. to try and get warm, and then I had to pay a visit to the communal lavatory on the floor below—a very sobering experience. — (Lynne Reid Banks, The Backward Shadow, page 159. Random House, 2011.)

Synonymes

Aller aux toilettes :

• go to the bathroom
• go to the restroom
• go to the toilet
• go to the washroom
• go upstairs
• pay a visit (par abréviation et par euphémisme)
• retire