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Meanings of sally out in English

Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

        Set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner.

              Usage of sally out in English
              1
              This ceremony over, at midnight we sally out into the open air.
              Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
              2
              I think, perhaps, it will be better to sally out at once.
              St. George for England
              3
              They spy upon us, Sire; may we sally out and take them?
              Red Eve
              4
              So, my men, let us sally out, and sell our lives dearly.
              Old Jack
              5
              I will sally out and fight through the men in front.
              Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
              6
              The women-with any pretext, or with none-wouldsally out into the storm-swept grounds.
              The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
              7
              At any moment his enemies might sally out and attack him.
              Adventures in the Far West
              8
              Then we'll sally out of the door and meet him face to face.
              Big Game: A Story for Girls
              9
              Then at about a quarter past twelve we will sally out.
              Under Wellington's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
              10
              One could scarce sally out, here, without being at once seized and questioned.
              Saint Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars
              11
              He longed, after breakfast, to put on hat and coat and sally out.
              The Way of Ambition
              12
              Therefore no one was allowed to sally out, and the discomfited Danes retired unmolested.
              The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
              13
              Anyhow, let's put on our despised rubber boots and sally out for a wade.
              Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
              14
              Be grateful that they don't sally out and swallow you.
              Roundabout Papers
              15
              They go to dinner and unload their pockets; and sally out again to refill them.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
              16
              The Jews then retired to the city, only to sally out again, the following morning.
              For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
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