I.
noun ( BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ line
ADJECTIVE
▪ endless , long
▪ growing , lengthening
▪ orderly
▪
Please form an orderly ~.
▪ bus , checkout , cinema , etc.
▪ bread , dinner , food
▪
the country's soaring prices and growing food ~s
▪ traffic
▪ dole
▪
More unemployed people are joining the dole ~ each week.
VERB + QUEUE
▪ form , line up in
▪ join , stand in , wait in
▪
He had to join the ~ for the toilets.
▪ jump
▪
Don't jump the queue—take your turn like everyone else!
QUEUE + VERB
▪ form
▪ build up , grow
▪
Long ~s are building up on the city's exit roads.
▪ move
▪
The queue's not moving at all.
▪ stretch
▪
The ~ stretched for more than a mile.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
the people in the ~
▪ ~ for
▪
the ~ for tickets
▪ ~ of
▪
a long ~ of shoppers
PHRASES
▪ the back of the ~ , the end of the ~
▪ the front of the ~ , the head of the ~
II.
verb ( BrE )
ADVERB
▪ patiently
▪ up
▪
People ~d up outside.
VERB + QUEUE
▪ have to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
We had to ~ for tickets.
Queue is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ fan