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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sallied (forth)
  1. departed
  2. exited
  3. moved
  4. went
  5. walked out
  6. cut out
  7. peeled off
  8. got
Verb
  • Dobrev departed after the show’s sixth season in 2015, but returned for the finale.
    — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • Caviar, Vintage Cuvees, and Tableside Rituals For Royal Ascot, Brown’s built the experience around breakfast, elevating the first meal of the day into an indulgent affair before guests departed for the racecourse.
    — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • After Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin replaced both Roberson and Luckett in 2000, Franklin exited after a few months and the girl group became a trio — dropping their third album, Survivor the following year.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
  • They were dealt another blow Tuesday evening when right-fielder Jac Caglianone exited with right-shoulder soreness before the sixth inning of a home game against the San Francisco Giants.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Salvador Perez hit a homer off Padres reliever Matt Waldron, a two-run shot that moved the Royals captain slightly closer to the club’s all-time record.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2026
  • Trump then took the microphone and moved the conversation onto Balogun’s red card.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Robbie Williams was not using cocaine during the World Cup final on Sunday, after a video went viral of a white object falling from his mouth onto a microphone during an interview.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 July 2026
  • Michelle Obama recently wore a similar pale blue polish, Emily Blunt went lavender, and Taylor Swift got a jumpstart on the season in an equally chilly millennial mint shade.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 July 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • The occurrence, which led to surprised panelist Sara Haines rising to her feet, happened shortly after the Star Trek actor walked out from backstage.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • As soon as the duo walked out the door, all script pages that featured the Kardashian scene were ripped away and thrown in a trash can.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of walked out
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Lightspeed’s new Klaviyo integration lets merchants automate personalized customer communications, cutting out manual data work and disconnected tools.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • One thing’s for sure, referee Slavko Vinčić will have his work cut out from the off.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of cut out
Verb
  • In five of the spots, the dark blue Pipeliner 5000 coating had peeled off to reveal more of the same material.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
  • New discs do not sound good with paper in them, and because these labels are pressed into records during manufacture, not stuck onto them after, they cannot simply be peeled off.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
Definition of peeled off
Verb
  • Iran got 70 million barrels of oil out of the strait in the weeks following its memorandum of understanding with the United States.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Daniel isn’t this devil’s only minion; Armand’s got an Illumination movie’s worth of cronies doing his bidding.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Definition of got
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