dry run

English

Alternative forms

• dry-run

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) dry (in the slang sense of "impotent" or "harmless") + (deprecated template usage) run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English. [1]

Noun

dry run (plural dry runs)

1. Template:idiomatic A practice; a rehearsal.

   They did a dry run of the demonstration before showing it to the CEO.

Synonyms

• dummy run

Translations

A practice; a rehearsal

• Finnish: harjoitus, kuivaharjoitus
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: пробный прогон m (próbnyj progón)