SALLY OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sally out mean? 

• SALLY OUT (verb)
  The verb SALLY OUT has 2 senses:

1. set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner

2. jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

  Familiarity information: SALLY OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALLY OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sally forth; sally out

Hypernyms (to "sally out" is one way to...):

depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

burst forth; leap out; rush out; sally out

Context example:

The attackers leapt out from the bushes

Hypernyms (to "sally out" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Then when evening comes we shall sally out upon them and see if we may not gain some honorable advancement from them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seems that there had been some informality about their license, that the clergyman absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of some sort, and that my lucky appearance saved the bridegroom from having to sally out into the streets in search of a best man.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)