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
Another woman, an airport worker identified only as Cvetka, had already flown a dummy run of the route.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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
But Straw’s appearance was effectively a dummy run.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2015
Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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