dry run | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Apracticeorrehearsal; especially, one that goes through all the motions of a physicalprocessbut without theraw materialorworkpiecepresent.Synonym:dummy runHypernyms:run;practice;rehearsalCoordinate terms:dress rehearsal,run-through,runthrough,walkthrough,walk-throughThey did adry runof the demonstration before showing it to the CEO.When thedry runmode of a machine tool control is on, the machine can move rapidly because it is cutting only air, not metal. The operator can do adry runand verify that the motions look correct.1970,Zilpha Keatley Snyder, chapter 19, inThe Changeling, New York, N.Y.:Atheneum,→OCLC; republished Guildford, Surrey:The Lutterworth Press,1976,→ISBN,page179:Next Mr. Gregory went on to make a big thing out of the fact that he had caught them climbing "into" the school grounds not long before. He didn't exactly say so, but it was plain that he felt he had interrupted some kind ofdry run—a training exercise for a crime in the planning.2001October, Warren Harris, “Just who is this guy anyway?”, inBack Numbers‎[1], number 1, page 1:John seems to think I will have enough to say of interest to the membership to fill my minimum number of pages. I understand that some waitlisters have contributed pages before becoming full members and this seems like a good idea to me. This way I can make adry runat putting together my contributions each mailing without worrying about having to meet minac.

Examples:

EN: Guess we'd better call it a dry run.
ES: Supongo que será mejor que lo llamemos un simulacro.
EN: Will you make the first approach a dry run, please?
ES: Hará usted la primera aproximación de un simulacro, ¿Por favor?
EN: We had a dry run on a car yesterday. Kept tabs on him for 20 miles.
ES: Ayer perseguimos uno, y lo detectamos hasta una distancia de veinte millas.
EN: I did the dry run. I...
ES: Otra salida inútil.
EN: Do it easy, like a dry run, and do it fast.
ES: Con cuidado, igual que en las maniobras, y rápido.
EN: But for a dry run in stuff like this, well, at jet speed, I think it's too dangerous.
ES: Pero para un vuelo de prácticas y a alta velocidad, me parece muy peligroso.
EN: We'll give it a dry run so you'll get a good idea of it.
ES: Le daremos una vuelta para que se haga una idea.
EN: I thought I'd take her out for a dry run today.
ES: Quería salir hoy a navegar con ellos.
EN: Although this is only a dry run... one still gets a great feeling of excitement.
ES: Aunque esto sólo es un ensayo... uno sigue sintiendo muchisima emoción.
EN: Well, it's not much different from the dry run in the space-test cabin on the Base, huh?
ES: No es muy distinto al simulacro de vuelo espacial de la base, ¿verdad? Creo que es mucho más fácil.
EN: We'll do a dry run.
ES: Daremos una vuelta de prueba. - Una cosa mas, John.
EN: Let's have a dry run, Uncle Otis.
ES: Hagamos otro recorrido, tio Otis.
EN: The telegram from Megève was just a dry run.
ES: El telegrama de Megève fue sólo un ensayo.
EN: This is only a dry run.
ES: Éste es sólo un simulacro.
EN: And you contend, Mr Firbank, that Mr Ford was simply conducting a dry run, merely testing a murder plan for his comic strip?
ES: ¿Y sostiene usted, Sr. Firbank, que el Sr. Ford los adquirió de forma inocente, con la intención de probar un plan de asesinato para su cómic?

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