"jump the line" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: jumps the line [present, singular, third-person], jumping the line [participle, present], jumped the line [participle, past], jumped the line [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jump the line (third-person singular simple present jumps the line, present participle jumping the line, simple past and past participle jumped the line)
  1. (US) To skip to the head of a queue without waiting for one's turn. Tags: US Synonyms: jump the queue
    Sense id: en-jump_the_line-en-verb-hXqq73ZK Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jump the line meaning in English (1.1kB)

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