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sally forth

sally forth verb: to enthusiastically or excitedly set out; to embark on a journey or adventure; to leave a place of safety to set out on an adventure.

Verb

sally forth (third-person singular simple present sallies forth, present participle sallying forth, simple past and past participle sallied forth)

  1. (intransitive) To enthusiastically or excitedly set out; to embark on a journey or adventure; to leave a place of safety to set out on an adventure.

Forms of sally forth

third-person singular presentsallies forth
present participlesallying forth
past participlesallied forth
pastsallied forth

Questions about sally forth

What does sally forth mean?
Sally forth means to enthusiastically or excitedly set out; to embark on a journey or adventure; to leave a place of safety to set out on an adventure.
What part of speech is sally forth?
Sally forth is a verb.
What is the past tense of sally forth?
The past tense of sally forth is sallied forth.

Words near sally forth in the dictionary

  1. Sallustian
  2. Sallustius
  3. sally
  4. Sally Ann
  5. Sally Army
  6. sally forth
  7. Sally Lightfoot
  8. Sally Lunn
  9. Sally Lunns
  10. sally port
  11. sally ports

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