Collocations for queue - noun
ADJ.
endless, long | growing, lengthening | orderly
Please form an orderly queue.
Please form an orderly queue.
bus, checkout, cinema, etc. | bread, dinner, food
the country''s soaring prices and growing food queues
the country''s soaring prices and growing food queues
traffic | dole
More unemployed people are joining the dole queue each week.
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.
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 most of Britain''s motorways.
Long queues are building up on most of Britain''s motorways.
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.
PREP.
in a/the ~
the people in the queue
the people in the queue
~ for
the queue for tickets
the queue for tickets
~ of
a long queue of shoppers
a long queue of shoppers
PHRASES
the back/end of the queue, the front/head of the queue