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Definition of sally verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sally

verb
 
/ˈsæli/
 
/ˈsæli/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sally
 
/ˈsæli/
 
/ˈsæli/
he / she / it sallies
 
/ˈsæliz/
 
/ˈsæliz/
past simple sallied
 
/ˈsælid/
 
/ˈsælid/
past participle sallied
 
/ˈsælid/
 
/ˈsælid/
-ing form sallying
 
/ˈsæliɪŋ/
 
/ˈsæliɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French saillie, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of saillir ‘come or jut out’, from Old French salir ‘to leap’, from Latin salire.
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