can't hold it (in)

can't hold it (in)

No longer able to prevent oneself from urinating. I tried to sit through the rest of the movie, but I just couldn't hold it anymore and raced out of the theater to use the bathroom. Daddy, I need to go to the bathroom, and I can't hold it in until we get home!
See also: hold
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • not able to hold it (in)
  • not able to wait
  • hold (one's) water
  • hold water
  • keep (someone or something) in sight
  • keep in sight
  • keep sight of
  • keep sight of (someone or something)
  • keep sight of somebody/something
  • wash your hands of somebody/something