dry run

See also: dry-run

English

Alternative forms

dry-run

Etymology

dry (“impotent; harmless”) + run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

dry run (plural dry runs)

(idiomatic) A practice; a rehearsal.
They did a dry run of the demonstration before showing it to the CEO.

Synonyms

dummy run

Translations

practice; rehearsal — see also practice,‎ rehearsal

Finnish: harjoitus (fi), kuivaharjoitus
German: Probelauf (de)
Hungarian: próba (hu), gyakorlás (hu), gyakorlat (hu)
Italian: prove generali
Russian: про́бный прого́н m (próbnyj progón)

References

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

Anagrams

run dry

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