"jump the queue" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jump the queue.ogg Forms: jumps the queue [present, singular, third-person], jumping the queue [participle, present], jumped the queue [participle, past], jumped the queue [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Synonyms: cut in, cut in line [US], jump the line [US], push in, jump queue Related terms: queue-jumper Translations (to move into a queue ahead of others): пререждам (prereždam) (Bulgarian), colar-se (Catalan), 插隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 插队 (chāduì) (Chinese Mandarin), springe over køen (Danish), voordringen (Dutch), etuilla (Finnish), resquiller [informal] (French), passer devant tout le monde (French), drängeln (German), sich vordrängeln (German), עקף בתור (akáf batór) (Hebrew), an scuaine a shárú (Irish), ساقط (sāgaṭ) (Najdi Arabic), snike i køen (Norwegian Bokmål), furar a fila (Portuguese), sări peste rând (Romanian), se băga în față (Romanian), colarse (Spanish), trängas (Swedish), smita före (Swedish), sumingit (Tagalog), neidio'r ciw [North] (Welsh), tsheto'r gwt [South] (Welsh)
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  2. (idiomatic) To receive preferential treatment. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to receive preferential treatment): etuilla (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-jump_the_queue-en-verb-CEHA7NxT Disambiguation of 'to receive preferential treatment': 2 98

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