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Meanings of out of gear in English

Out of gear.

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          Usage of out of gear in English
          1
          Everything and everybody were in splendid working order, nothing out of gear.
          Shearing in the Riverina, New South Wales
          2
          The slightest withdrawal of assistance must put such machinery out of gear.
          Freedom's Battle / Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings ...
          3
          The mill is out of gear, and tread is locked; that's all.
          Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle; Or, Fun and Adventures on the Roa...
          4
          The engine had not stopped running, though it was out of gear.
          The Curlytops and Their Playmates; Or, Jolly Times Through the H...
          5
          He slews all out of gear, like a carronade with rotten lashings.
          Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
          6
          She jerked the throttle back and threw the engine out of gear.
          Dead calm
          7
          There's always something getting out of gear in this best of worlds?
          Weighed and Wanting
          8
          Fuel subsidies if cut now, will further throw inflation out of gear.
          Reuters
          9
          The shock of the explosion had evidently thrown the dynamo out of gear.
          On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
          10
          Bring discord into the harmony and the entire mechanism is out of gear.
          The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
          11
          Yet to-night the mainspring of his life was out of gear.
          The Survivor
          12
          Either the battery had been taken away, or it was out of gear.
          Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life
          13
          The power ran through his throat like cogwheels out of gear.
          The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)
          14
          This poor woman has knocked my routine methods a little out of gear.
          Without a Home
          15
          His martial projects were, of course, thrown entirely out of gear.
          England under the Tudors
          16
          That tended to throw one's working days quite out of gear.
          The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography