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Dry run

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Noun
  1. 1
    A practice or rehearsal; especially, one that goes through all the motions of a physical process but without the raw material or workpiece present. idiomatic

    "They did a dry run of the demonstration before showing it to the CEO."

  2. 2
    a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert) wordnet

Etymology

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

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