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Meanings of out of action in English

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Photo: Supplied The disabled community did not believe it went far enough.
Radio NZ
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Families, the elderly and disabled people wait years for sanitation that works.
The Guardian
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Medicare is the government health insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
Reuters
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The company said in a statement that it has disabled offending accounts.
Wired
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Number of days the account can be inactive before being disabled automatically.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
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So the whole hors de combat is above seven thousand three hundred.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
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Very well, he puts himself hors de combat to save his bones.
Evan Harrington — Volume 3
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Thus Alexander had less than 1000 men placed hors de combat.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5: ...
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When the end came Jackson's command was for a time hors de combat.
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
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They are what they call hors de combat in French.
Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie
Usage of out of action in English
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The roads could be out of action for days or even weeks.
Radio NZ
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Moreover, every brooding male is out of action for over seven weeks.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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As of Thursday morning, their website remained incapacitated and out of action.
The South African
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He will probably be out of action for at least three weeks.
The Irish Times
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A lightning strike has put New Plymouth's wind wand out of action.
Radio NZ
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The suspension will see Hurdle out of action until midnight September 23.
News.com.au
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The cruiser Wiesbaden was soon put out of action in this attack.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
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A bare year out of action and behaving like a skittish colt!
Night of Knives
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He follows the shell-fire and sees the arms put out of action.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
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One shot put the wireless apparatus on the Anglo-Californian out of action.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
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All was in readiness for putting our guns completely out of action.
With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
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He broke his wrist and was out of action for two months.
Reuters
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Even the Forwarders obeyed him now Scoyt was temporarily out of action.
Non-Stop
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Rell had put out of action or outright slain over twenty-one men.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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The wing has been out of action since playing Viadana in September.
The Irish Times
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That put half of the B'wa Kell out of action straight away.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident