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Line 1: {{also\|dry-run}} ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * [[{{l\|en\|dry-run]]}} ===Etymology=== {{~~term~~m\|en\|dry~~}} (in the slang sense of "~~\|t=impotent"; ~~or "~~harmless")\|id=impotent}} + {{~~term~~m\|en\|run}}. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.<ref>{{R:World ~~[http://www.worldwidewords.org/~~Wide Words\|url=qa/qa-dry1~~.htm]~~}}</ref> ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio\|en\|en-au-dry run.ogg\|a=AU}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{~~context~~lb\|~~idiomatic\|lang=~~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}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Italian: {{t\|it\|prove generali}} * Russian: {{t\|ru\|про́бный прого́н\|m}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|ensayo}}, {{t+\|es\|simulacro}} {{trans-bottom}} ===References=== ~~[[et:dry run]]~~ <references/> ~~[[ku:dry run]]~~ ~~[[my:dry run]]~~ ===Anagrams=== ~~[[fi:dry run]]~~ * {{anagrams\|en\|a=dnrruy\|run dry}} ~~[[ta:dry run]]~~ ~~[[zh:dry run]]~~