out of service
idiom
: not working properly : not able to be used
The copier is currently out of service.
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About an hour after the crash, the building’s property manager notified residents that the building did not need to be evacuated, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post, but its elevators were temporarily out of service.
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Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
If either the Russian Soyuz spacecraft or the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule were to run into issues and be taken out of service, a seat-swap agreement would ensure that both US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts would still have access to the space station.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
In order to comply, the Navy was forced to take four Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and their thermonuclear warheads out of service.
—Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
Yet, in extreme weather events, those towers and power lines get knocked out of service, leaving thousands without power.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
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Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
If either the Russian Soyuz spacecraft or the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule were to run into issues and be taken out of service, a seat-swap agreement would ensure that both US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts would still have access to the space station.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
In order to comply, the Navy was forced to take four Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and their thermonuclear warheads out of service.
—Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
Yet, in extreme weather events, those towers and power lines get knocked out of service, leaving thousands without power.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
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“Out of service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20service. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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