Phrase guide

cover one's feet

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To lower one’s garment, especially to urinate or defecate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber. (Judges 3:24)
  • And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. (1 Samuel 24:3)

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  • French: poser culotte — Translations