![]() That’s the most common way to use “break down”: cars, trucks, machines, things like that. Luckily, it was an easy repair and I continued my journey the same day. ![]() Penske-the big yellow trucks, if you’ve seen them in the US-Penske sent someone out to fix the truck so I could be on my way. I had to pull over (remember that one?)-I had to pull over and call the truck rental company. All of a sudden, I realized I just couldn’t accelerate. And guess what happened on the Ohio Turnpike just west of Cleveland? You guessed it: the truck broke down. When I moved from New York to Chicago, I drove a moving truck with all my belongings in the back. And when they do break down, the new versions have sensors that will tell the company exactly what’s wrong, so the scooter can get back on the road quickly. The new versions are sturdier they’re more expensive up front, but they are less likely to break down. That added to the high costs these companies face. The scooters would break down every so often and a company employee or contractor would have to find it and bring it to a repair shop-or, just as often, scrap it (throw it away). They were cheaply made, exposed to the weather, handled (not carefully) by lots of riders per day. Lime and Bird scooters were not fifteen years old, but they were breaking down. That’s what happens when you drive a fifteen-year-old car with almost 200,000 miles on the odometer: it will break down occasionally. ![]() All those have happened to me in my lifetime-not with my current car, but previous ones. Maybe it’s making a terrible noise maybe the engine just shut off maybe there’s an awful smell and white smoke coming out from under the hood. If your car breaks down, it’s broken: you can’t drive it any more. “My car broke down and I needed to call a tow truck,” you might respond. Often, it refers to a mechanical problem. Today’s expression is to “break down.” This is a phrasal verb and it means to stop working. ![]()
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