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strain
verb
▶ strain at the leash
to demonstrate a great eagerness UK, 1910
From the characteristic behaviour of a dog.- Only twelve soldiers were still able to fight, but they weren’t exactly straining at the leash. — Joe Haldeman, The Forever War, p. 175, 1974
▶ strain the potatoes; strain the spuds; strain your taters
to urinate AUSTRALIA, 1965- I gotta get up top and strain the potatoes! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- [T]here is another Army gentleman there, also carrying a bayonetted rifle and wearing a few medals–and straining his spuds in the selfsame letter box. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 211, 1971
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