Definition of straining the potatoes

strain the potatoes

verb - intransitive

• to urinate. Men only. Australian and New Zealand slang.

  I gotta go strain the potatoes or I'll burst!

  Last edited on Apr 03 2013. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 02 2011.

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