sally forth

1. 1.

   set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner

   Synonymssally out

   Broaderdepart

Questions about sally forth

What does sally forth mean?

sally forth means "set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner".

What is another word for sally forth?

Close synonyms include sally out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sally forth a common word?

sally forth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.