- stuck in traffic
- stuck in trafficto be caught in a traffic jam. •
I am sorry I am late. I was stuck in traffic.
•Our taxi was stuck in traffic and I thought I would never get to the airport on time.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
stuck in traffic
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traffic — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to trade in coastal waters Date: 1549 1. a. import and export trade b. the business of bartering or buying and selling c. illegal or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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traffic jam — traffic .jam n a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly ▪ We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours … Dictionary of contemporary English
traffic jam — traffic ,jam noun count a line of vehicles waiting behind something that is blocking the street: We were stuck in a traffic jam … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
traffic jam — noun a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move • Syn: ↑snarl up • Hypernyms: ↑crush, ↑jam, ↑press • Hyponyms: ↑gridlock * * * noun, pl ⋯ jams [count] … Useful english dictionary
Traffic light — The traffic light, also known as traffic signal, stop light, traffic lamp, stop and go lights, robot or semaphore, is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection, pedestrian crossing, or other location. Its purpose is to indicate, using… … Wikipedia
stuck — stuck1 [stʌk] the past tense and past participle of ↑stick 1 stuck 2 stuck2 adj [not before noun] 1.) impossible or unable to move from a particular position ▪ Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck. ▪ They got stuck in a traffic jam.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
traffic — traf|fic1 W2S1 [ˈtræfık] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Early French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to trade ] 1.) the vehicles moving along a road or street ▪ The traffic noise kept me awake. ▪ There wasn t much traffic on … Dictionary of contemporary English
traffic — 01. I don t like to ride my bicycle in heavy [traffic] because it s too dangerous. 02. [Traffic] is backed up for 5 miles due to a bad accident on the highway. 03. The cyclist was weaving in and out of [traffic]. 04. Jeff has just phoned to say… … Grammatical examples in English
traffic — 1 noun (U) 1 the vehicles moving along a road or street: The noise of the traffic kept me awake. | heavy traffic (=a large amount of traffic): We were stuck in heavy traffic for more than an hour. 2 the movement of aircraft, ships, trains etc… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
traffic jam — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms traffic jam : singular traffic jam plural traffic jams a line of vehicles waiting behind something that is blocking the road We were stuck in a traffic jam … English dictionary
