sally forth phrasal verbphr v literary LEAVE A PLACEto go out in order to do something, especially something that you expect to be difficult or dangerous – often used humorously 出发,出去〔做困难或危险的事,常为幽默用法〕 Each morning they sallied forth in search of jobs. 他们每天早上外出找工作。
sally forth• Their mountainous homeland with its fortress valleys was a near impregnable base from which to sally forth.• 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.• Thursday morning: himself, myself and large black labrador sally forth to G-o-S.
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