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
"No moving parts to get out of order."
From The Flaming Mountain by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
As to simplicity of construction," he adds, "small liability to get out of order, economy of repairs, and ease to the road, I fully believe Mr. Baldwin's engines stand unrivalled.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew
