Euphemism for ‘go to the lavatory’.
Euphemism for ‘go to the lavatory’.
This expression isn’t as old as one might imagine. The first use of it in print that I’ve found is from Harrap’s Standard French & English Dictionary, 1947:
Sortir… Est-ce que je peux sortir?, May I be excused?
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