get out of order
Example Sentences
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Should the control system itself get out of order, all trains in the block would be automatically stopped.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carry our discoveries to the utmost limit, man is still a machine that will get out of order, will be injured and will ultimately wear out.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the strongest arguments against intricacy in telephone apparatus is its greater initial cost, its greater cost of maintenance, and its liability to get out of order.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel
Among the types are simple and safe machines which do not easily get out of order.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
Large cart wheels of the ordinary type are much more difficult to construct than small ones, besides being more liable to get out of order.
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George
