English / idiom
Dry Run
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A complete practice session or trial rehearsal before an actual event or launch.
In context
01
We conducted a financial dry run of our startup's cash flow to see if we could survive six months without profit.
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The treasury team did a dry run of the new automated payroll system before releasing actual salaries.
Synonyms
trial run,rehearsal,practice run
Antonyms
live deployment,final execution,real performance
Collocations
conduct a dry run,complete a dry run,successful dry run