wait your turn
Let others first
Wait your turn is an instruction to be patient until it's your time to act, especially when others are ahead of you in a sequence.
The phrase invokes the orderly process of taking turns: Wait your turn—there's a line.
It often carries a tone of mild rebuke, reminding someone not to cut ahead or act out of order.
- patienceCalm during delays
- queueOrdered waiting line
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- single fileOne-person-wide formation
- first come first servedEarliest arrivals get preference
stand in line · polite · manners · fairness · hold on · standby · next · etiquette · orderly · share · playground · eager · good things come · anticipation · restless · fidget · impatient · budge
- patience phraseshold on, just a minute, one moment, one second, in a moment
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- dining phrasesbon appetit, dig in, come and get it, pass the salt, cheers
- momismsI told you so, no means no, back in my day, last warning
- holding firmhold, hold fast, hold firm, hold on, hold onto
social queue behavior
wait your turncut in line
Enter queue improperly
jump the queue · butt in · barge in · cut in · push ahead
wait, your, turn, waits, waited, waiting, waiter, waiters, waitress