In line
In line adjective - Awaiting something; especially something due.
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One Tom and Jerry short has Tom waiting in line to get into Heaven, as a "conductor" lets recently deceased cats onto the train if they were good.
Source: Humans Are the Real Monsters -
Make sure he's in front of him in line, make him seven cents short for the shoes!
Source: God Is Evil -
Also Morpheus shows up in line for noodles in the short story 'Noodles.' (As do Jei and Keiko.) A Lesson In Defeat: A young Usagi is given a lesson by his master.
Source: Comic Book / Usagi Yojimbo
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