Collocations for queue - noun
ADJECTIVE
endless,
long
growing, lengthening
orderly
Please form an orderly queue.
growing, lengthening
orderly
Please form an orderly queue.
bus,
checkout,
cinema,
etc.
bread, dinner, food
the country's soaring prices and growing food queues
bread, dinner, food
the country's soaring prices and growing food queues
traffic
dole
More unemployed people are joining the dole queue each week.
dole
More unemployed people are joining the dole queue each week.
VERB + queue
form,
line up in
join, stand in, wait in
He had to join the queue for the toilets.
join, stand in, wait in
He had to join the queue for the toilets.
jump
Don't jump the queue—take your turn like everyone else!
Don't jump the queue—take your turn like everyone else!
queue + VERB
form
build up, grow
Long queues are building up on the city's exit roads.
build up, grow
Long queues are building up on the city's exit roads.
move
The queue's not moving at all.
The queue's not moving at all.
stretch
The queue stretched for more than a mile.
The queue stretched for more than a mile.
PREPOSITION
in a/the queue
the people in the queue
the people in the queue
queue for
the queue for tickets
the queue for tickets
queue of
a long queue of shoppers
a long queue of shoppers
PHRASES
the back of the queue,
the end of the queue
the front of the queue, the head of the queue
the front of the queue, the head of the queue