join a queue
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To get into an existing line, usually at the end.
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Examples (10)
- He had to join the queue for the toilets.
- Please join the queue at the back.
- We need to join a queue to buy tickets.
- Many people were already queuing, so we had to join the queue too.
- She hesitated for a moment before deciding to join the long queue for coffee.
- If you wish to enter, you must join the queue like everyone else.
- Tourists began to join the queue outside the museum early in the morning.
- I saw him join the queue for the bus just before it arrived.
- There's no point trying to cut in; you'll have to join the queue.
- Don't forget to join the queue for the exit after the show.