trial run

trial run

The performance of some task or action as a means of testing or rehearsing something. They want everyone to show up tomorrow for a trial run of the ceremony. See if you can do a trial run on the laptop before you buy it from him.
See also: run, trial
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a trial run

COMMON A trial run is something that you do to practise before you do it at a more important time. They will use their match with the highly-rated Saracens forwards on Wednesday as a trial run for what awaits them on February 26.
See also: run, trial
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a ˌtrial ˈrun

a first try at doing something, to test it or for practice: Take the car for a trial run before you buy it.
See also: run, trial
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a trial run
  • in rehearsal
  • rehearse
  • rehearse for
  • rehearse for (something)
  • balance out
  • listen in
  • listen in (on someone or something)
  • see you tomorrow
  • (I'll) see you tomorrow
References in periodicals archive
Vande Bharat's trial run started from New Delhi Railway Station on Monday.
Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said, 'Initially, Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) would launch the trial run of ATM using the bandwidth of BS-I and we have a plan to bring the maximum ATMs under its coverage gradually.' French manufacturer Thales Alenia Space launched the BS-I in May 12 from Florida of America at a cost of Taka 2,765 crore and according to the plan, it will reach break-even within seven years of starting its commercial service.
'Since the trial run of the train at portion-1 has already been inaugurated, its test operation on the project package-2 (from Ali Town to Scheme Mor) is expected in next week, probably on May 23,' a senior official privy to the development told Dawn.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director-general and chairman of the Board of executive Directors of RTA said: "The trial run of the smart vehicle at the Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard represented the phase one of this technology.
RTA and Emaar,are starting tomorrow the trial run of 1st Smart Vehicle at Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard@emaardubai pic.twitter.com/Z3mGXb0nmA
DELHI Metro on Sunday commenced trial runs on the fully elevated 14 km- long Badarpur- Faridabad corridor, setting in motion the process of formally opening the line by June.
In the next stage, which will begin on April 16, the trial run will extend to zone two, which will cover four more stations and three quarters of the 10.6 km track that will be operational from November 2014, it said.
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QC) and Qatar Airways plant to conduct a three-day trial run at the Hamad International Airport (HIA) ahead of its April launch, reports The Peninsula .
The delivery is taking place in mid February but today a convoy will perform a trial run along the A5025 causing some traffic delays.
Spruced-up Kolkata terminal lounge gets ready for trial run The Kolkata airport is all set to turn a new leaf on July 14th.
("MCC") has formally kicked off the single-series feeding trial run, which produced nickel cobalt mixed hydroxides on 19 March 2012.
completes trial run of one 1,000MW ultra-super critical coal-fired generating unit(C)1994-2012 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
said Tuesday that a pump of a newly installed radioactive water treatment system at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant halted automatically during its trial run early that morning, freezing the operation of the entire apparatus.
A 'TRIAL run' of a community cafe project has been hailed a success.
The trial run was preceded by a small puja, with senior DMRC officials in attendance who also travelled on the first train from Lajpat Nagar to Central Secretariat.