out of action
C1 If a machine or vehicle is out of action, it is not working or cannot be used:
I'm afraid the TV's out of action.
C1 If a person is out of action, they are injured or ill and cannot do things they usually do:
Jackson's torn ligaments will keep him out of action for the rest of the season.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- float
- idle
- laze
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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