Out of order
prep_phrase
prep_phrase ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Prep_phrase
- 1 Out of normal sequence. idiomatic
"You've got my index cards out of order again."
- 2 Not functioning properly; not in working order. idiomatic
"The lift is always out of order."
- 3 Inappropriate or unsuitable. idiomatic
"I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order."
- 4 Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
- 5 untidy
"Architas Tarentinus returning from a war, where he had beene Captaine generall, found his house all out of order, husbandrie all spoiled, and by the ill government of his Bailife, his ground all waste and unmanured […]."
Example
More examples"You've got my index cards out of order again."