(sallies, ~ing, 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 ~ 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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