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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

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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

Another woman, an airport worker identified only as Cvetka, had already flown a dummy run of the route.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

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

Reine-Adelaide picks up the ball in the penalty area, skips over a challenge, carries the ball forward, lets Akpom make a dummy run and then plays Walcott in, and his finish is assured.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2015

Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.

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