DRESS REHEARSAL


Meaning of DRESS REHEARSAL in English

noun

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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.