0 an occasion when you practise a particular activity or performance: --
1 an occasion in which you practice a particular activity or performance in preparation for the real event: --
We had a dry run of the inauguration ceremony yesterday.
In both uses, the dry run is frequently assisted by a table (on a computer screen or on paper) with the program or algorithm's variables on the top.
She described the group of men's behavior as consistent with a dry run.
The summary jury trial exposes one party to an earlier dry run of the points of the other side.
If the speech that he made was a dry run for what he intends to say then, he has every reason to be worried about the outcome.
Following a dry run to see how things might work out, we have made an estimate by means of a case study of people who have applied for the benefit.
This is a dry run for all kinds of things to come.
Is there not a case for a dry run this year, as was done with the maths and science tests last year?
They will take the form of a dry run and will not affect anyone's benefit.
