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verb [intransitive] British British English pronunciation: queue /kjuː/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theyqueue
he/she/itqueues
present participlequeuing or queueing
past tensequeued
past participlequeued

or queue up British English pronunciation: queue up

  1. to wait for something in a queue. The usual American word is line up
    queue for:

    a long line of fans queueing up for tickets

    queue to do something:

    Some people had queued all night to get in.

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