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Come in from the cold
Verb
Définitions
1.
Verb
Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.
2.
Verb
To 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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