waiting turn
Standing in line
Waiting turn describes the act of staying in sequence until it's your opportunity to proceed.
Children learn to wait their turn in games; adults wait their turn at the deli counter or in line for service.
The phrase emphasizes patience and orderly progression: Everyone needs to wait their turn.
It can carry mild rebuke when someone tries to skip ahead.
- queueOrdered waiting line
- standing in lineAwaiting service sequentially
- patienceCalm during delays
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- single fileOne-person-wide formation
take a number · next · next in line · anticipation · first come first served · restless · fidgeting · number · now serving · ticket · lobby · impatient · standing · seated · called · delay · bored · shuffling
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- Next in Lineheir, successor, heir apparent, crown prince, second in command
- deferencedeference, bow, curtsy, genuflect, kneeling
waiting turncutting in line
Entering ahead unfairly
jumping the queue · queue jumping · budging · butting in · pushing ahead
waiting, turn, wait, waits, waited, waiter, waiters, waitress, waitresses