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Line 1: {{also\|dry-run}} ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l\|en\|dry-run}} ===Etymology=== [[{{m\|en\|dry~~]] (in the slang sense of "~~\|t=impotent"; ~~or "~~harmless")\|id=impotent}} + [[{{m\|en\|run]]}}. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.~~[http~~<ref>{{R:World Wide Words\|url=qa/qa-dry1}}</~~www.wordorigins.org/wordord.htm]~~ref> ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio\|en\|en-au-dry run.ogg\|a=AU}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} ~~'''[[dry]] [[run]]'''~~ # {{~~idiom~~lb\|en\|idiomatic}} A [[practice]]; a [[rehearsal]]. #:'' {{ux\|en\|They did a '''dry run''' of the demonstration before showing it to the CEO.''}} ====Synonyms==== * {{l\|en\|dummy run}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top-see\|practice; rehearsal\|practice\|rehearsal}} * Finnish: [[{{t+\|fi\|harjoitus]]}}, [[{{t\|fi\|kuivaharjoitus]]}} * German: {{t+\|de\|Probelauf}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|próba}}, {{t+\|hu\|gyakorlás}}, {{t+\|hu\|gyakorlat}} * Italian: {{t\|it\|prove generali}} * Russian: {{t\|ru\|про́бный прого́н\|m}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|ensayo}}, {{t+\|es\|simulacro}} {{trans-bottom}} ===References=== <references/> ===Anagrams=== * {{anagrams\|en\|a=dnrruy\|run dry}}