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dry run
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a dry run (British, American & Australian, 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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