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
• push in

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)
• Swedish: trängas (sv), smita före (sv)
• Tagalog: sumingit
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: neidio'r ciw (North), tsheto'r gwt (South)

to receive preferential treatment

• Finnish: etuilla (fi)