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Definition of Sally out
1. Verb. Set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner.
Generic synonyms: Depart, Part, Set Forth, Set Off, Set Out, Start, Start Out, Take Off
2. Verb. Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone). "The attackers leapt out from the bushes"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sally Out
Literary usage of Sally out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"The Pilgrims continue at the house of Gaius ; from whence they sally out and
destroy giant Slay-good, ..."
2. A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow: From Its Commencement to Its by L. E. Ruutz Rees (1858)
"Hairbreadth Escapes.—Successful Explosion of the Enemy's Mine—GIT'S Miraculous
Escape.—The Enemy repulsed. — Sortie—"Bob the Nailer."—sally out. ..."
3. A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow: From Its Commencement to Its by L. E. Ruutz Rees (1858)
"Hairbreadth Escapes. — Successful Explosion of the Enemy's Mine—Orr's Miraculous
Escape.—The Enemy repulsed. — Sortie.—"Bob the Nailer."—sally out. ..."
4. A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow: From Its Commencement to Its by L. E. Ruutz Rees (1858)
"Successful Explosion of the Enemy's Mine.—Orr's Miraculous Escape.—The Enemy
repulsed. — Sortie.—" Bob the Nailer."—sally out.— Other Sorties. ..."
5. An impartial history of Ireland, from the period of the English invasion to by Dennis Taaffe (1811)
"... sally out by night or by day, as opportunity offered, and kill, plunder, take
men, women, cattle, corn, &c. into their fortress. ..."
6. History of the reign of Charles the fifth. With an account of the emperor's by William Robertson, William Hickling Prescott (1857)
"... town in different places; that the soldiers who lay concealed should sally
out of the convent, and attack those who defended the ramparts in the rear. ..."
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