go out of service
go out of service
To malfunction. Typically said of things used by the public. Sorry, the elevator went out of service this morning—please use the stairs. I was really looking forward to the movie, but the theater's projector had gone out of service.
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go out of service
[for something] to stop working; [for something] to have been turned off so it cannot be used. This elevator went out of service last week. How long has it been since this thing went out of service?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.