stagger-through

noun

The rehearsal of an entire show.

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Meanings

nounstagger-through (plural stagger-throughs)

plural stagger-throughs

  1. broadcastingThe rehearsal of an entire show.

    There may be a “stagger-through” in between, a run-through with occasional stops for critical discussions and changes.

    2016, Don Harmon, Producing in Theater, page 45
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    And so I went there with the rehearsal pianists and we just did stagger-throughs, so that we could time it, so that we could know what was going on.

    1998, Opera, volume 49, numbers 7-10, page 1036

Origin

Deverbal from stagger through, modeled after readthrough and walkthrough. So called because there may be notional staggers (mistakes, pauses for discussion, etc.).

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stagger-through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagger-through

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stagger-through,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagger-through.

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