dry run

See also: dry-run

English

Alternative forms

• dry-run

Etymology

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

Noun

dry run (plural dry runs)

1. (idiomatic) A practice; a rehearsal.

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

Synonyms

• dummy run

Translations

practice; rehearsal

• Finnish: harjoitus (fi), kuivaharjoitus
• German: Probelauf (de)
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• Italian: prove generali (it)
• Russian: про́бный прого́н m (próbnyj progón)

Anagrams

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