- loosen your bowels
- to cause to defecateAlthough not necessarily become loose2.It was fit to loosen the bowels of a bronze statue. (Fraser, 1975)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
loosen your bowels
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loosen — loosener, n. /looh seuhn/, v.t. 1. to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter. 2. to make less tight; slacken or relax: to loosen one s grasp. 3. to make less firmly fixed in place: to loosen a tooth. 4. to let loose or set free from bonds,… … Universalium
laxative — lax|a|tive [ˈlæksətıv] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: laxativus, from Latin laxare to loosen , from laxus; LAX] a medicine or something that you eat which makes your ↑bowels empty easily >laxative adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
