dummy run
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Jamison Gibson-Park found Jones while too much of the Wallaby defence bought the dummy run from Tommy Freeman.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Take last Friday night, for example, when his dummy run allowed Cengiz Under’s to score in the visitors’ 1-0 win.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
And while staff are trained beforehand, the dummy run comes only on the Sunday before the Championships.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2017
Both of Sarries' first-half tries were well-executed, with Vunipola's dummy run creating the space for Ashton and Alex Goode to send Wyles over wide on the left for the first.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2015
Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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