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foray

 
 
/ˈfɒreɪ/ noun [C]

Definition

when you try to do something that is not familiar to you, or go somewhere different, for a short time: In 2004, she made her first foray into politics.
(Definition of foray noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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