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
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
The mechanical valve-gear does not often get out of order, but sometimes the unexpected happens.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
Their construction is very simple, and there is little gear to get out of order.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
