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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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The scoring was completed by Luke Hendrick who made a nice break in centre field before dummying and outpacing the defence.
St Joes' show of strength by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
De Villiers fielded the ball just inside his own half and beat five defenders in a weaving run to the try line, dummying past Gerrard to score a converted try and put his team just two points behind.
Brumbies honour teammate in emotional win by AFP / AFP Global Edition
That, though, was a mere appetiser for the main course of his exquisitely taken second, dummying an inside pass from Wayne Bridge and racing on to Gerrard's throughball before clipping home.
Why Capello has to make Gerrard his central figure by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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