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Sally

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Noun

1. crack, quip, sally, wisecrack

witty remark

2. sally, sortie

a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

3. sally, sallying forth

a venture off the beaten path

Example Sentences:
'a sally into the wide world beyond his home'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sally

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noun plural -lies
1. 
a sudden violent excursion, esp by besieged forces to attack the besiegers; sortie
2. 
a sudden outburst or emergence into action, expression, or emotion
3. 
an excursion or jaunt
4. 
a jocular retort
verb -lies, -lying or -lied (intransitive)
5. 
to make a sudden violent excursion
6. (often foll by forth)
to go out on an expedition, etc
7. 
to come, go, or set out in an energetic manner
8. 
to rush out suddenly
noun plural -lies
the lower part of a bell rope, where it is caught at handstroke, into which coloured wool is woven to make a grip
noun plural -lies
a member of the Salvation Army

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sally

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noun
a feminine name
see also Sarah
nounWord forms: plural ˈsallies
1. 
a sudden rushing forth, as of troops to attack besieging forces
2. 
any sudden start into activity
3. 
a quick witticism; bright retort; quip
4. 
an excursion or unusual side trip; jaunt
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsallied or ˈsallying
5. 
to make a sally
6. 
to rush out or come out suddenly
7. 
a. 
to come or go outdoors
b. 
to set out on a trip

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sally

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intr.v. sal·lied, sal·ly·ing, sal·lies
1. To rush out or leap forth suddenly: a bird that sallies out from a branch to catch flying insects.
2. To issue suddenly from a defensive or besieged position to attack an enemy.
3. To set out on a trip or excursion: sallied forth to see the world.
n. pl. sal·lies
1. A sudden rush forward or leap.
2. An assault from a defensive position; a sortie.
3. A sudden effort toward action or expression: "[She] kept up a sally of brilliant but doomed attempts at conversation" (Donna Tartt).
4. A sudden quick witticism; a quip.
5. A venturing forth; a jaunt.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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