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
They are expensive, likely to get out of order, seldom needed, and generally unsatisfactory.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
Of course, mechanisms get out of order too.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
Switchboards, no matter how perfectly made and no matter with how great care they may be installed and maintained, will get out of order.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel
