stand in queue

  • 1stand in line — wait in line, stand in queue (for one s turn to do something) …

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  • 2Queue area — Queue areas are places in which people in line (first come, first served) wait for goods or services. Examples include the DMV, checking out groceries or other goods that have been collected in a self service shop, in a shop without self service …

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  • 3stand in line — mainly american phrase to form or join a row of people waiting one behind the other to do something. The usual British word is queue They stood in line for several hours for tickets. Thesaurus: to wait in a queuesynonym Main entry: stand …

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  • 4queue up — verb form a queue, form a line, stand in line Customers lined up in front of the store • Syn: ↑line up, ↑queue • Derivationally related forms: ↑queue (for: ↑queue), ↑lineup …

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  • 5queue — I n. (esp. BE) 1) to form a queue 2) to join; jump the queue 3) in a queue (to stand in a queue) II v. see queue up * * * [kjuː] (esp. BE) to form a queue see queue up to join: jump the queue in a queue …

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  • 6stand — 1. stand [ stɑ̃d ] n. m. • stand de tir 1875; stan 1542, en Suisse romande; suisse all. Stand ♦ Emplacement aménagé pour le tir à la cible. Stand de tir. stand 2. stand [ stɑ̃d ] n. m. • 1883; mot angl. (XIIIe), de to stand « se tenir debout » 1… …

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  • 7stand up — verb 1. rise to one s feet (Freq. 23) The audience got up and applauded • Syn: ↑arise, ↑rise, ↑uprise, ↑get up • Ant: ↑sit down ( …

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  • 8queue — ▪ I. queue queue 1 [kjuː] noun [countable] 1. a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc; = line AmE: • There may be long queues outside stores at sale times. ˈdole queue …

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  • 9queue — queue1 S3 [kju:] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: tail , from Latin cauda, coda] 1.) BrE a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move American Equivalent: linebe/stand/wait in a queue …

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  • 10queue — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑line ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, long ▪ growing, lengthening ▪ orderly ▪ Please form an orderly queu …

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