get out of order
Example Sentences
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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
Should the control system itself get out of order, all trains in the block would be automatically stopped.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there ain't no spark plugs or carburetors to get out of order on our mounts.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd
Should they choke or otherwise get out of order the vessel would promptly founder.
From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
These valves, as a rule, frequently get out of order and leak, and care must be taken to construct the vault under the hopper so that it be perfectly water-tight.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
