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dummy up
Sl. to refuse to talk. Jill dummied up when they got her into the station. John dummied up right away when the police arrived.
See also: up

a dry run  (British, American & Australian) also a dummy run (British & Australian)
an occasion when you practise doing something to make sure there will be no problems when you really do it We decided to do a dry run at the church the day before the wedding. We'd better have a couple of dummy runs before we do the real thing.
See also: dry, run


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Vagenas was off the field receiving treatment when Jason Kreis scored in the sixth minute - from Andy Williams' feed after Jeff Cunningham dummied a long pass from Carey Talley - and collapsed a few minutes after returning to the field.
Programming for the college-age population has realty been dummied down," says Shane Walker, founder of TUN.
It may not be known until the artist has dummied the book out, going through the initial sketches and fine-tuning the pacing and visual impact of the story.
 
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