Come in from the cold

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbOf a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.

2.VerbTo gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before.

"Long an outsider in Western politics, Portugal came in from the cold after the 1974 Carnation Revolution."

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