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Lines around the block? Sat Oct 07, 2006 14:12 pm  Lines around the block?
 

Hi, could you please explain what the phrase "lines around the block" means in the following sentence?

I just heard about a new clothing store in Pasadena that has lines around the block. A clothing store!)

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In other words: queues around the corner Sun Oct 08, 2006 0:15 am  In other words: queues around the corner
 

I think that 'A store has lines around the block' just means that the shop is so successful that people are queuing around the corner to get in.
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Lines and queues Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:05 am  Lines and queues
 

Yes Conchita, thanks for enlightening me. Of course you are right, in the US lines are queues.
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