queue up

mettersi in fila, fare la coda

Unirsi a una fila di persone che aspettano il proprio turno, oppure formarla.

In inglese semplice: To join or form a line of people waiting for their turn.

• Please queue up by the door.
• We queued up for an hour to buy tickets.
• Why are people queuing up outside that shop?

Come si usa: queue up for something (Fans queued up for concert tickets.); queue up to do something (People queued up to enter the museum.)

Sinonimi: queue, line up

Espressioni comuni: queue up outside, queue up for tickets, queue up at checkout

mettere in coda

Disporre elementi perché aspettino di essere riprodotti, usati o elaborati in ordine.

In inglese semplice: To arrange things so they wait to be played, used, or dealt with in order.

• Queue up your favourite songs.
• I queued up three videos to watch later.
• The computer has queued the files up for printing.

Come si usa: queue something up (She queued several songs up for the party.); queue up something for something (The system queues up documents for printing.)

Sinonimi: enqueue

Espressioni comuni: queue up songs, queue up a video, queue up print jobs