"dry run" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-dry run.ogg Forms: dry runs [plural]
Etymology: dry (“impotent; harmless”) + run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry run (plural dry runs)
  1. (idiomatic) A practice; a rehearsal. Wikipedia link: Michael Quinion Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: dummy run, dry-run Translations: harjoitus (Finnish), kuivaharjoitus (Finnish), Probelauf (German), próba (Hungarian), gyakorlás (Hungarian), gyakorlat (Hungarian), prove generali (Italian), про́бный прого́н (próbnyj progón) [masculine] (Russian), ensayo (Spanish), simulacro (Spanish)

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