QUEUE UP


Meaning of QUEUE UP in English

queue 2 BrE AmE verb ( also queue up ) [intransitive] British English

1 . to form or join a line of people or vehicles waiting to do something or go somewhere SYN line up American English

queue for

Some of the people queuing for tickets had been there since dawn.

queue (up) to do something

We had to queue up for ages to get served.

2 . if people are queuing up to do something, they all want to do it very much

queue up to do something

The school is one of the best, and parents are queuing up to send their children there.

queue up for something

Actresses are queuing up for the part.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.