a dry run

(British, American & Australian) also a dummy run (British & Australian)

an occasion when you practise doing something to make sure there will be no problems when you really do it We decided to do a dry run at the church the day before the wedding. We'd better have a couple of dummy runs before we do the real thing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Susannah	[su:zænə]
Hosni	-	Arabic
Azarias	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Persis	-	Biblical, Biblical Greek
Firat	-	Turkish
Zephania	-	Southern African