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

No Hinges or Clips to get out of order.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

"No moving parts to get out of order."

From The Flaming Mountain by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

The compressor is compact in form, strongly made, simple in construction, and not liable to get out of order.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various