jump the queue
Definition
› to move in front of people who have been waiting longer for something than you queue (up) UK (US line up) verb [I] › to stand in a row in order to wait for something: [+ to do sth] They're queueing up to get tickets.
(Definition of jump the queue from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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