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Definition of dress rehearsal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dress rehearsal

noun

/ˌdres rɪˈhɜːsl/

/ˌdres rɪˈhɜːrsl/

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the final practice of a play in the theatre, using the clothes and lights that will be used for the real performance
- (figurative) The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution.
- a dress rehearsal for a Broadway play
Topics Film and theatrec1

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