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RELATED WORDS : bank run battle of bull run bombing run bone dry bull run chicken run dry dry battery dry cell dry cereal dry clean dry cleaner dry cleaners dry cleaning dry cure dry dock dry fly dry gangrene dry ice dry kiln dry land dry masonry dry measure dry milk dry mop dry mouth dry mustard dry nurse dry out dry pint dry plate dry plate process dry point dry quart dry rot dry season dry socket dry unit dry up dry vermouth dry wall dry walling dry wash earned run earned run average end run floating dry dock fowl run freeze dry fun run high and dry home run in the long run long run mine run nonfat dry milk on the run pit run press run print run run run a risk run across run afoul run after run against run aground run along run amok run around run at run away run bases run batted in run by run down run dry run for run in run into run low run off run on run out run over run ragged run riot run roughshod run short run the gauntlet run through run up run wild ski run split run suck dry sucked dry trial run tumble dry unearned run united states dry unit

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dry run has 1 sense

• dry run(n = noun.act) rehearsal - a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding"
is a kind of drill, exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
has particulars: dress rehearsal, run-through, walk-through

THESAURUS

dry run

Gedankenexperiment, action, air cover, air raid, air support, amphibious operations, audition, bench test, bombing, combined operations, cover, flight test, fluid operations, hearing, logistics, maneuver, maneuvers, military operations, milk run, minor operations, mission, movement, operation, operations, overseas operations, pilot plan, practical test, practice, reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, rehearsal, road test, scramble, shakedown, shakedown cruise, shuttle raid, sortie, staff work, strafing, test flight, test run, training mission, trial run, tryout, umbrella, war game, war plans, workout

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