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Definition of "dry run" []

  • A trial exercise; a rehearsal. (noun)
  • A test exercise in combat skills without the use of live ammunition. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dry run" in a sentence
  • "Jim Middleton: Going to another subject, while you have been in New Delhi you have seen some of the Hockey World cup contests, seen as a bit of dry run for the Commonwealth"
  • "We were all making a dry run if it looked like we had a chance, but i faced with the same weather odds the next day, we wanted t feint irt a different direction or go someplace else completely and come back a day or two later."