"inspect the plumbing" meaning in English

See inspect the plumbing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-inspect the plumbing.wav Forms: inspects the plumbing [present, singular, third-person], inspecting the plumbing [participle, present], inspected the plumbing [participle, past], inspected the plumbing [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} inspect the plumbing (third-person singular simple present inspects the plumbing, present participle inspecting the plumbing, simple past and past participle inspected the plumbing)
  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Synonym of use the toilet Tags: euphemistic, humorous Synonyms: use the toilet [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-inspect_the_plumbing-en-verb-wmG2~FOn Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inspect, the, plumbing.
    Sense id: en-inspect_the_plumbing-en-verb-QS~1tRpv

Inflected forms

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