wait in line
wait in line — idiom
1. to join other people in a queue and stay there until it is your turn to be serve
to join other people in a queue and stay there until it is your turn to be served
Rodrigo waited in line for nearly an hour to buy his weekly groceries.
You must wait in line like everyone else at the busy downtown clinic.
modal verb + wait in line: 'must wait in line'
Yael and her brother waited in line for the museum's new dinosaur exhibit.
Customers wait in line outside the bakery every Saturday morning before it opens.
Chidi had been waiting in line for ages when someone offered him their spot.
- queue
preferred in British English; can be a noun or verb
- queue up
British English verb phrase, identical in meaning to 'wait in line'
- stand in line
emphasises the physical act of standing; interchangeable with 'wait in line'
- skip the line
to avoid waiting by using a privilege or finding a shortcut
- cut in line
to unfairly go ahead of others who have been waiting longer
文法句型
wait in line + for + noun
用法筆記
Common in American English. In British English, 'queue' or 'queue up' is the preferred expression for the same idea.