Definitions

dummy run

NOUN

dry run

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dress rehearsal tryout

WEAK

bench test combat rehearsal kriegspiel maneuver maneuvers practical test practice exercise practice run rehearsal road test run through test performance test run trial trial run war game

NOUN

road test

Synonyms

WEAK

bench test dry run practical test practice run trial run

NOUN

trial run

Synonyms

WEAK

bench test dry run practical test practice run rehearsal road test spot check taste test test flight trial trials tryout

Example Sentences

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Jamison Gibson-Park found Jones while too much of the Wallaby defence bought the dummy run from Tommy Freeman.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

Nasa requested a second dummy run be conducted in 2022 to be sure the errors had been corrected.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

Take last Friday night, for example, when his dummy run allowed Cengiz Under’s to score in the visitors’ 1-0 win.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022

And while staff are trained beforehand, the dummy run comes only on the Sunday before the Championships.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2017

Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.

From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]