dry run

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.

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  1. ^ Michael Quinion (1996–2024), “Dry run”, in World Wide Words.

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