1 ~ (for sth) to practise or make people practise a play, piece of music, etc. in preparation for a public performance:
[V] We were given only two weeks to rehearse. * [VN] Today, we'll just be rehearsing the final scene. * The actors were poorly rehearsed.
2 [VN] to prepare in your mind or practise privately what you are going to do or say to sb:
She walked along rehearsing her excuse for being late.
3 [VN] (formal, usually disapproving) to repeat ideas or opinions that have often been expressed before
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