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dry run
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dry run
(noun)
dry run
noun
plural
dry runs
dry run
noun
plural
dry runs
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRY RUN
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:
a practice event that is done to prepare for the actual event that will happen in the future
We did a
dry run
of the experiment.
After several
dry runs
, she was ready to give the speech.
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called also
(British)
dummy run
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