tailback

Converse of object

• cause: The North Circular was reduced to 1 lane from 3, causing a huge tailback.
• avoid: We were even advised of a short cut back to M23 to avoid tailbacks during rush hour traffic!
• build: Heavy tailbacks built up on the motorway while the emergency services dealt with the aftermath of the crash.
• create: Additional traffic lights on the Pentagon roundabout have created tailbacks to the Wyvern center at times when previously there had been none.
• have: Local roads which are at full capacity at peak times will have long tailbacks where the route crosses them, holding up traffic.

Adjective modifier

• huge: The North Circular was reduced to 1 lane from 3, causing a huge tailback.
• long: Local roads which are at full capacity at peak times will have long tailbacks where the route crosses them, holding up traffic.
• massive: A COLLISION between a car and a motorcycle on the M4 caused massive tailbacks on Monday.
• heavy: Frustrated motorists were caught up in heavy tailbacks which put hours on most journeys.

Preposition: on

• road: Generally tho the tailbacks on the road mean that there are big gaps for people to get across.
• side: Most people would not admit to looking at car accidents yet tailbacks on the other side of the road are commonly seen.

Noun used with modifier

• mile: No-one else makes a five mile tailback on the M25 come to life the way he does.
• traffic: One police officer claimed the traffic tailback to Hull was over four miles.
• motorway: Over the next five years, direct action protests against the construction of new roads become almost as common across Britain as motorway tailbacks.
• two-mile: Then on Thursday morning a burst sewer pipe had to be repaired on Church Road, causing a two-mile tailback and an unfortunate odor.

Preposition: of

• traffic: A tailback of traffic stretching several kilometers is reported to the east of the city.

Preposition: for

• hour: They blocked 3 gates completely causing tailbacks for hours and massively disturbing the shift change-over.