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
Catching diseases.—Our body may get out of order like a machine.
From Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics by Overton, Frank
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
It is always liable to get out of order, and from the very nature of its construction must be an inartistic object.
From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Dresser, Christopher
