queue up
To stand in a line and wait for your turn.
Meanings
To join or form an orderly line while waiting for something, such as a service, event, or product.
"Hundreds of fans queued up outside the stadium hours before the concert began."
In computing or technology, to add tasks, files, or requests to a waiting list for sequential processing.
"The system queues up all incoming print jobs and processes them in the order they were received."
Figuratively, to prepare or line up a series of things, events, or ideas in sequence.
"The producer had several new artists queued up for the label's next release schedule."
Primarily British English. 'Queue' itself already implies an orderly line; 'up' emphasizes the act of forming or joining that line. Also used in computing to describe adding items or tasks to a waiting list for processing. Very common in British everyday speech. Americans typically say 'line up' or 'get in line.'
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