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sortie

la sortie (FR N-F) action of leaving a place; moment when persons leave; departure; exit; military maneuver to free forces from a certain location; going out, specifically to divert oneself; export; something produced which is now available to the public; sum spent; flow; door or other aperture through which people exit. First appears in French in 1400, from sortir, Latin surctus, surrectus, surgere (to gush forth). (Eluard)

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