trial run

“We had a pretty good trial run in 2008,” said one person close to the governor.

In its playfulness, this trial run for revolution set the tone for what was to follow.

After a six week trial run, Fox has chosen not to continue forward with the daytime talk show.

For the State of Palestine, as UNESCO recognizes it, the application for the church was a trial run.

If Ross had believed that his pre-trial-run cramming had been a rigorous business, he was soon to laugh at that estimation.

"Come on, Ned," he said to his chum early one evening after Mr. Swift had said he was too tired to go out on a trial run.

You can say I have gone out on a trial run, which won't be a lie, only an understatement.

Ordinary sort of writing, rather unformed and sprawly, but after a trial run Micky managed a very presentable copy of it.

The idea was voted excellent, and the trial run in Russia gave complete satisfaction.