О-186

СТАНОВИТЬСЯ/СТАТЬ (ВСТАВАТЬ/ ВСТАТЬ) НА ОЧЕРЕДЬ VP

1. \О-186 (на что) (subj: human to include one's name on a list (to receive sth. ): X стал на очередь - X put himself (his name) (down) on a (the) waiting list

X added his name to a (the) waiting list.

Мы подумываем о покупке машины, уже стали на очередь. We're thinking about buying a car and have already put our name on the waiting list.

2. ( subj: abstr) (of a question, problem) to become urgent, demanding a quick resolution: на очередь стал X = X became first on the agenda

X became top priority X came to demand immediate action X became s.o. 's first priority (most pressing concern)

(in limited contexts) s.o. 's next concern was... Когда почва была достаточно взрыхлена учтивым обращением и народ отдохнул от просвещения, тогда, сама собой, стала на очередь потребность в законодательстве (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). When the ground had been sufficiently broken by courteous treatment, and when the people had had some respite from enlightenment, naturally, the next concern was for legislation (1b).