bathroom break

noun

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

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Someone returning from a bathroom break is different from four friends arriving hours later to join the person who saved their places. — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 He was found dead in August after taking a bathroom break, Gothamist reported. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026 But for those who've ever had to hold urine when there was no bathroom in sight, or work just got too busy for a bathroom break, is there any harm in waiting? — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The livestream captures every time the human clocks in for a shift or clocks out for a bathroom break. — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 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 27 Oct. 2026.

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