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sallying forth

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Noun1.sallying forth - a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"
sally
venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
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But above all he admired Reinaldos of Montalban, especially when he saw him sallying forth from his castle and robbing everyone he met, and when beyond the seas he stole that image of Mahomet which, as his history says, was entirely of gold.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
One would like to tell of Bert sallying forth to challenge his rival, of a ring formed and a spirited encounter, and Bert by some miracle of pluck and love and good fortune winning.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
The air was full of bees--bees sallying forth for honey, bees returning with honey, bees trampling on each other's heels, bees pausing in mid-air to pass the time of day with rivals on competing lines of traffic.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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