put in working order
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The gold mines, which, with two exceptions, have not been worked since the same time, are believed to be scarcely touched, and only await a fostering hand to be put in working order once more.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Recently a complete profit-sharing plan, such as Perkins had worked out for the Steel Trust, was put in working order, and about $200,000 of extra money have been scattered through the pay-envelopes.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
And it was by my forethought—I say it with diffidence—that the drawbridge was put in working order.
From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot
The trouble was soon remedied, and the brake put in working order.
From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret
In due course it was sent to a cycle repairer in Hampstead to be put in working order.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
