queue-jump

vb (intr)

1. to take a place in a queue ahead of those already queuing; push in

2. to obtain prior consideration or some other advantage out of turn or unfairly

Also: jump the queue

queue-jumper n

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queue-jump

Past participle: queue-jumped
Gerund: queue-jumping

Imperative
queue-jump
queue-jump

Present
I queue-jump
you queue-jump
he/she/it queue-jumps
we queue-jump
you queue-jump
they queue-jump

Preterite
I queue-jumped
you queue-jumped
he/she/it queue-jumped
we queue-jumped
you queue-jumped
they queue-jumped

Present Continuous
I am queue-jumping
you are queue-jumping
he/she/it is queue-jumping
we are queue-jumping
you are queue-jumping
they are queue-jumping

Present Perfect
I have queue-jumped
you have queue-jumped
he/she/it has queue-jumped
we have queue-jumped
you have queue-jumped
they have queue-jumped

Past Continuous
I was queue-jumping
you were queue-jumping
he/she/it was queue-jumping
we were queue-jumping
you were queue-jumping
they were queue-jumping

Past Perfect
I had queue-jumped
you had queue-jumped
he/she/it had queue-jumped
we had queue-jumped
you had queue-jumped
they had queue-jumped

Future
I will queue-jump
you will queue-jump
he/she/it will queue-jump
we will queue-jump
you will queue-jump
they will queue-jump

Future Perfect
I will have queue-jumped
you will have queue-jumped
he/she/it will have queue-jumped
we will have queue-jumped
you will have queue-jumped
they will have queue-jumped

Future Continuous
I will be queue-jumping
you will be queue-jumping
he/she/it will be queue-jumping
we will be queue-jumping
you will be queue-jumping
they will be queue-jumping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been queue-jumping
you have been queue-jumping
he/she/it has been queue-jumping
we have been queue-jumping
you have been queue-jumping
they have been queue-jumping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been queue-jumping
you will have been queue-jumping
he/she/it will have been queue-jumping
we will have been queue-jumping
you will have been queue-jumping
they will have been queue-jumping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been queue-jumping
you had been queue-jumping
he/she/it had been queue-jumping
we had been queue-jumping
you had been queue-jumping
they had been queue-jumping

Conditional
I would queue-jump
you would queue-jump
he/she/it would queue-jump
we would queue-jump
you would queue-jump
they would queue-jump

Past Conditional
I would have queue-jumped
you would have queue-jumped
he/she/it would have queue-jumped
we would have queue-jumped
you would have queue-jumped
they would have queue-jumped

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

queue-jump

[ˈkjuːˌdʒʌmp] VI (Brit) → colarse

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