jump the queue

English

Alternative forms

• jump queue

Pronunciation

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Verb

jump the queue (third-person singular simple present jumps the queue, present participle jumping the queue, simple past and past participle jumped the queue)

1. To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
2. (idiomatic) To receive preferential treatment.

Synonyms

• cut in
• (US) cut in line
• (US) jump the line
• (Singapore) cut queue
• push in
• skip the line

Related terms

• queue-jumper

Translations

to move into a queue ahead of others

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Najdi Arabic: ساقط (sāgaṭ) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: пререждам (bg) (prereždam) Catalan: colar-se (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 插隊 / 插队 (zh) (chāduì) Danish: springe over køen Dutch: voordringen (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: etuilla (fi) French: resquiller (fr) (informal), passer devant tout le monde German: drängeln (de), sich vordrängeln (de) Hebrew: עקף בתור (akáf batór) Irish: an scuaine a shárú Norwegian: Bokmål: snike i køen Portuguese: furar a fila Romanian: sări peste rând, se băga în față Spanish: colarse (es), saltarse (es), saltearse (es), saltear (es), colearse (es) Swedish: trängas (sv), smita före (sv) Tagalog: sumingit Thai: ลัดคิว, แทรกคิว, แซงคิว Turkish: please add this translation if you can Welsh: neidio'r ciw (North), tsheto'r gwt (South)

to receive preferential treatment

Finnish: etuilla (fi)