get out of order
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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
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
The objection of undue wear being disposed of, we are told that the machines soon get out of order, and are a constant expense.
From Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition by Hooper, Mary
Nothing to get out of order, most substantial and durable on the market.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry
