on the fritz

Example Sentences

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Don’t miss, for instance, a food replicator on the fritz, where holographic tea will consistently fail to properly materialize.

From Los Angeles Times

Buy a refill and hope the printer’s not on the fritz.

From Slate

UCLA’s football-launching machine is on the fritz?

From Los Angeles Times

But like every machine I've ever owned, it goes on the fritz.

From BBC

Dave Madore owns the arcade and jukeboxes inside the restaurant, where he was supposed to be Wednesday night to fix a jukebox that was on the fritz.

From Los Angeles Times