dry run

See also: dry-run

English

Alternative forms

• dry-run

Etymology

dry (“impotent; harmless”) + run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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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 — see also practice,‎ rehearsal

• Finnish: harjoitus (fi), kuivaharjoitus
• German: Probelauf (de)
• Hungarian: próba (hu), gyakorlás (hu), gyakorlat (hu)
• Italian: prove generali
• Russian: про́бный прого́н m (próbnyj progón)
• Spanish: ensayo (es), simulacro (es)

Anagrams

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