sally (forth)

verb

Definition of sally (forth)next
as in to depart
to leave a place often for another he eagerly sallied forth from his small town to seek a new life in the bustling city

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sally (forth)
  1. depart
  2. exit
  3. move
  4. go
  5. get
  6. go off
  7. cut out
  8. walk out
Verb
  • Lagarde has been seen as the frontrunner for the role since WEF’s longtime chair departed under a cloud.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Brockman took over the revenue organization in early July after CEO of Applications Fidji Simo departed to focus on her health.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of depart
Verb
  • Cantu’s wife, who heard her husband, then exits the home and comes to the horrid realization that her husband is dead or dying on the front yard.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again has roiled markets, causing oil prices to rise and pushing up Treasury yields due to worries over inflation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of exit
Verb
  • The animation is truly ugly, the characters moving at the framerate of a PowerPoint and looking less like the animals they’re supposed to be than weird hybrid troll creatures.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of dealing with rental cars or busy trailheads, travelers just want to step out their front door, lace up and move.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of move
Verb
  • Unconventional living situations going viral With rentals more expensive than ever, social media posts on how to save money in New York often rack up thousands of likes.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Some go years before receiving an accurate diagnosis or proper medical care.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of go
Verb
  • Police had initially tried to pull over Shelton's vehicle, a 2006 Honda Civic, near Rodney Parham Road and Mississippi Street, but the vehicle fled through several streets and got away, Little Rock police said in a news release.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The service got its name from the original Mechanical Turk, an 18th century chess-playing robot that was actually controlled by a human chess master.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of get
Verb
  • Tourists come here, disconnect themselves, go off into one little corner and think that’s the country.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Despite a dizzying number of podcasts, the sports world lacks wry, newsy video chats of true depth, at least since Around the Horn went off the air.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of go off
Verb
  • Trace and cut out a 1 ½ to 2-inch circle (a hot-sauce bottle is usually the right size) in the top half.
    — Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain.
    — David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut out
Verb
  • Eddie Howe walked out in pre-season and has been replaced by Matthias Jaissle, a 38-year-old coach whose previous experience was in Austria and Saudi Arabia.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Half your workforce could be one better offer away from walking out the door.
    — Miriam Groom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of walk out
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“Sally (forth).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sally%20%28forth%29. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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