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to sally forth

to sally forth

1 8.4
Leave a place quickly and with energy to start a journey
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : salir
  • Brave rescue parties sallied forth.
  • Then I sallied forth

Examples

  • Let's sally forth.

    Pineapple Express (2008)

  • Let's not dwell, though, and sally forth with the show!

    Blog text (32)

  • Can you sally forth and secure us some more mead? -

    The Ice Storm (1997)

  • After supper, they sallied forth together.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • You can build new rafts and sally forth in the spirit of your forefathers.

    How the West Was Won (1962)

  • These young people will sally forth for us... carrying the banner of decency... love, honesty... intelligence... and they will forge our coming world.

    Porky's Revenge (1985)

  • You must sally forth like an adventurer of old, with sandwiches in a field bag and a water bottle bouncing against your knee and perhaps a stick.

    Blog text (5)

  • Enchanted by water-breathing spells, elves could sally forth from their galleys, driving the creatures of the sea before them.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • With a sense of adventure, they decided to sally forth into the unknown wilderness.

  • After a long meeting, the team was eager to sally forth and explore new opportunities.

Synonyms

to go forth
vsto sally forth
  • Archaic
24 8.4

To leave a place and move away

is a sudden energetic departure with adventure and purpose rather than a formal movement
to make a sally
vsto sally forth
  • Literature
9.0

To go out quickly on a short trip with a clear purpose

is a sudden determined departure from a place rather than a short venture
to sally out
vsto sally forth
9.0

Leave a place where you are hiding suddenly to attack or surprise someone

emphasizes adventurous determined leaving rather than attacking or surprising

Antonyms

to linger
207 3.7

To stay in a place longer than expected because you do not want to leave

to stay put
  • Informal
133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Energetic

to rush out
9 3.3
to sally forth
1 8.4
to set out
66 2.4
to leave
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

sally forth infinitive
sallying forth present participle
sallies forth third person singular
sallied forth past
sallied forth past participle

Morphology

sally + forth

The meaning 'to leave a place in a sudden, energetic, or determined manner' is directly derivable from combining 'sally' (to rush out) with 'forth' (outward/moving out). This is a straightforward motion/direction composition, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning, even if the verb 'sally' is somewhat formal or archaic in usage.

Etymology

Sally forth comes from old soldiers who made a quick attack from a fort. A sally was a sudden rush out of the walls and forth means 'out', so to sally forth now means 'to leave quickly and boldly'.