queue-jump

verb

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

Derived Forms

• queue-jumper, noun

Example Sentences

"The higher and more senior your connection, the better the treatment, or the easier the queue-jump. If you know the head of the hospital, then there won’t be trouble getting a bed," a Shanghai doctor said.

From Reuters

Mr. Johnson appeared to suggest that mostly men would be impacted, saying that it was “a striking fact that around seven out of 10 of those arriving in small boats last year were men under 40, paying people smugglers to queue-jump and taking up our capacity to help genuine women and child refugees.”

From New York Times

“It’s a striking fact that around 7 out of 10 of those arriving in small boats last year were men under 40, paying people smugglers to queue-jump and taking up our capacity to help genuine women and child refugees,” Johnson said.

From Washington Post

In doing so, “Equatorial sought to queue-jump” by laying claim on the property “which is meant to be divided equally to all creditors,” Sutton told Reuters by phone.

From Reuters

So this is how private medicine works in a pandemic: I’m using a private referral to queue-jump, and not even paying for it.

From The Guardian