SALLIED (FORTH) Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

sallied (forth)

verb

past tense of sally (forth)

as in departed

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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Iranian officials were still making requests the day the flight departed, although one official wrote that those requests were denied.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Manchester City will have to replace him, as well as Guardiola who departed at the end of last season.

— Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of departed

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Lala moved south of the Big Island on Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane, damaging or destroying more than 100 homes and cutting off some communities, according to the governor.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.

— Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of moved

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With the patchwork lineup, the Giants had 10 hits and went an impressive 5-for-11 with runners in scoring position to help snap a four-game losing streak.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The Atlanta Braves also activated a deal with Kalshi without a formal announcement around the start of August that went unnoticed by news media.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of went

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Family friend Tuere Burns initially remained, but covered her eyes with her hand as the first photos were shown and then walked out of the courtroom, visibly shaken.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Seattle, which entered play with a minus-23 run differential, walked out of American Family Field with a minus-45 mark that somehow ranks as the third-best in what has been an ignominious American League West division.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of walked out

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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

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Many of the spines had peeled off, and Nidhi could see the string and glue that held the pages together.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
The Kia peeled off north on Burr Street to Interstate 80, and then without warning, its driver made a right turn onto the I-80 westbound exit ramp and got on the expressway going the wrong way, state police said.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

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