Queue; wait to be served by being assigned a number and waiting for that number to be called after all previous numbers have been served in order of assignment.
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(idiomatic) Recognize that many others are in the samesituation; recognize that one's concerns are not of high priority; be prepared to wait.
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Take-a-number Sentence Examples
All that would be necessary would be to take a number of mature oysters containing white spat and lay them down in tanks till the larvae escape.
The records may take a number of forms, for example book form, loose-leaf binder or computer records.
Since the birds were so confiding or at least tolerant while at display I was able to take a number of shots.
Negotiations would take a matter of months; various legal ramifications would take a number of years to sort out.
The control of the Japanese knotweed can only be achieved by killing the rhizome system, which may take a number of years.