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To be queueing up to do something is to want to do it very much.
If people are queueing up for something or to do something, a lot of them want to do it or have it.
British and Australian English.
Examples of use:
a) Journalists are queuing up to interview Camden residents and business owners about the London riots.
b) Model agencies are queueing up to sign up the French model.
c) He's a fantastic singer. The recording companies will be queueing up to give him a contract.
To queue up for something is also to wait in a line (a queue) in order to get something, do something or go somewhere.
British and Australian English.
Examples of use:
a) They queued up to get their new work contracts.
b) We had to queue up for more than an hour to get a taxi home.
c) Fans queued up for hours to see the final Harry Potter film.
d) Traffic is queueing up on the motorway.
e) News headline: Hundreds queue up for Apple iPhone4.
| infinitive |
queue up |
| present simple |
queue up and queues up |
| -ing form |
queueing up |
| past simple |
queued up |
| past participle |
queued up |
Can you write a sentence using this phrasal verb?
Did you stand in a queue today?
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