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
Everything works like a clock that is never allowed to run down or get out of order.
From Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
The simplicity of the mechanism leaves little to get out of order, and the entire absence of travelling gear, such as supporting rollers, is a valuable feature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
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
