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Sally out   /sˈæli aʊt/   Listen
Sally out

verb
1.
Set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner.  Synonym: sally forth.
2.
Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone).  Synonyms: burst forth, leap out, rush out.






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"Sally out" Quotes from Famous Books



... I sally out in the morning with the ostensible purpose of gathering chestnuts, or autumn leaves, or persimmons, or exploring some run or branch. It is, say, the last of October or the first of November. The air is not balmy, but tart and pungent, ...
— Winter Sunshine • John Burroughs

... John. Still, it will be a change, and, as soon as I am strong enough, I shall sally out ...
— When London Burned • G. A. Henty

... and the greatness of the contest which Conaire had fought, his great drouth of thirst attacked him, and he perished of a consuming fever, for he got not his drink. So when the king died those three sally out of the Hostel, and deliver a wily stroke of reaving on the reavers, and fare forth from the ...
— The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga - With Introductions And Notes • Various

... this vast hostile array, if only the city will determine to sally out en masse to protect her rural districts, the prospect is fair. Under God, our troopers, if properly cared for, are the finer men; our infantry of the line are no less numerous, and as regards physique, if it comes to that, not one whit ...
— The Cavalry General • Xenophon

... you fetched those you travelled in away, or rather that you returned unnoticed; and, as it is getting dark now, this can doubtless be managed; and, when you sally out, place that cloak over your shoulders to hide your dress as a servitor, and go to the other inn, the Falcon. Say, there, that you are staying for a few days in Dunbar, having come here on business with me; and that I bade you go there, so that I might ...
— Both Sides the Border - A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower • G. A. Henty


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