do one's duty
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do one's duty
Where it comes from
From doo-doo, doody, etc. used as euphemisms for shit.
verb does one's duty · doing one's duty · did one's duty · done one's duty
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Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate.
And when I was being toilet-trained as a very little boy, she'd always ask, "Have you done your duty?" That was the word for it.
Similar: use the toilet
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, duty.
Similar: use the toilet, urinate and Thesaurus:defecate
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