Usage of "queue up" | TermGallery

Portuguese

To form a queue or a line; to stand in line.

Usage of queue up in English

You're not going to believe this, but they're making us queue up. 
 Caliban's War 

Once the talk is finished, they queue up to collect their cash. 
 The Guardian 

Just a minute, time to queue up a few more dedications. 
 Dead air 

For this lot, they won't have to queue up for water. 
 The South African 

Locals as well as Japanese tourists queue up during lunch hour. 
 The Guardian 

Now you might have to queue up just to get inside. 
 News.com.au 

They queue up at the drink dispenser, for there is immediate warmth there. 
 The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228 

Would you queue up to see The Hype at Slane Castle? 
 The Irish Times 

It's not just new technology that people are prepared to queue up for either. 
 Radio NZ 

But as long as people queue up on release day, expect nothing to change. 
 Wired 

Note: You can't queue up songs, so wait for the previous one to end. 
 Wired 

Office supplies crowd a corner; textbooks queue up in military formation on metal shelves. 
 Saving max 

You can allow more connections to queue up as follows: 
 High performance mysql, 2nd edition 

Then they queue up the video presentation, and the students really show their age. 
 Wired 

The queue up was quite extreme, Mr Richards told news.com.au. 
 News.com.au 

His brother would queue up at hospitals to check if there were beds available. 
 BBC 

queue

Verb

Preposition

Translations for queue up

Portuguese

Queue up through the time

Queue up across language varieties

Ireland

Common

United States of America

Less common

United Kingdom

Rare

Meanings of queue up in English