going phut

Verb

go phut (third-person singular simple present goes phut, present participle going phut, simple past went phut, past participle gone phut)

1. (informal) To come to an abrupt end; to cease working, especially suddenly or with a noise.
   • I was well enough to revisit this realm of darkness I stumbled upon this box of plates, but imagined they had all “gone phut” as the Scotch say.1891 December 18, The Photographic Times, New York, page 653, column 2