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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Military sallysal‧ly1 /ˈsæli/ noun (plural sallies) [countable] formal 1 PMa sudden quick attack and return to a position of defence 2 SAYan intelligent remark that is intended to amuse peopleExamples from the Corpussally• Oliver swept off his battered top hat in ironic acknowledgement of her sally.• No sallies once they get there.• Monk treats Russell's sallies with humourless seriousness, trying to get us to see them as proof of intellectual irresponsibility.sallysally2 verb (sallied, sallying, sallies) → sally forth → See Verb table Examples from the Corpussally• But Tommy was so good natured about everything and he would sally forth and start asking people where his strays might be.• We need, therefore, to sally forth once more into the mathematical jungle of vector spaces.• Their mountainous homeland with its fortress valleys was a near impregnable base from which to sally forth.• From their orbital hive-turned-fortress, they would sally out against whoever was left and eat them alive.• At the very least they must be contained and never allowed to sally out.Origin sally1 (1500-1600) Old French saillie, from saillir "to run forward", from Latin salire "to jump"
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Verb table
sally
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they sally
he, she, it sallies
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they sallied
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have sallied
he, she, it has sallied
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sallied
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sally
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sallied
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Continuous Form
Present
I am sallying
he, she, it is sallying
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you, we, they are sallying
Past
I, he, she, it was sallying
you, we, they were sallying
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been sallying
he, she, it has been sallying
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sallying
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sallying
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sallying
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