find a tree

find a tree
   to urinate
   It may be said about humans as well as dogs:
    The traffic was snarled on the George Washington Parkway... so Patrick pulled into Fort Marcy Park to find a tree. (Evans-Pritchard, 1997)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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