transcription, транскрипция: [ sæli ]
( sallies, sallying, sallied)
1.
Sallies are clever and amusing remarks. ( LITERARY )
He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
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2.
If someone sallies forth or sallies somewhere, they go out into a rather difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation in a brave or confident way. ( LITERARY )
...worrying about her when she sallies forth on her first date...
Tamara would sally out on bitterly cold nights.
VERB : V forth , V prep / adv
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Sally is also a noun.
...their first sallies outside the student world.
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