| The collaboration was such a test for them that they had a dry run at writing a screenplay first. |
| This was a dry run for the General Election, a chance at little real cost to try out tactics and campaign strategies for the main event. |
| If driving, prior to the interview, map out your travel route and perform a dry run. |
| Then again, it was just a charity preview and a dry run for the real thing. |
| The pilot study is a dry run to illuminate and resolve many scientific, clinical, and logistical issues that will be faced during the pivotal clinical trial. |
| But as a dry run for his undoubted masterpiece, Arcadia, it is interesting. |
