waiting your turn
Polite line behavior
Waiting your turn is the act of holding back until the proper moment arrives for you to act, speak, or receive something.
The phrase implies a queue—literal or figurative—where others have priority: The kids learned about waiting your turn at the drinking fountain.
It often carries moral weight, suggesting patience and fairness as virtues.
- patienceCalm during delays
- queueOrdered waiting line
- standing in lineAwaiting service sequentially
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- single fileOne-person-wide formation
anticipation · polite · fairness · first come first served · delay · etiquette · restless · fidgeting · number · ticket · deli counter · now serving · order · manners · courtesy · good behavior · boredom · sharing
- courtroom etiquettestanding, rising, posture, respect, objection
- table mannerstable manners, napkin folding, chewing quietly, elbows off table, proper posture
waiting your turncutting in line
Entering ahead unfairly
jumping the queue · queue jumping · line cutting · butting in
waiting your turngoing first
Acting before others
pulling rank · VIP treatment · special treatment · entitlement · self-serving
wait, waiting, waits, waited, waiter, waitress, await, awaiting, awaited