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come in from the cold

Verb

Meaning

(espionage) Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.

(by extension) 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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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