In the Wild
Meaning
(usually of animals) Living and roaming freely in nature; not domesticated.
(figuratively) At large.
(figuratively) In written or spoken language use, especially by native speakers.
This word is very rare; it may be difficult to find usages of it in the wild.
(figuratively) By coincidence in the course of everyday life.
I'd seen this stock photo in memes a hundred times, but yesterday I saw it in the wild, illustrating a magazine article.
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Examples
I'm generally more and more in my comfort zone in the wild.
Those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink.
House of the Dead 2 I gave away. Alone in the Dark 2 I will also not do; even if the DVD movie made money. BloodRayne 2 in the Wild West is what I really want to do.
Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured.
You don't see sick animals in the wild. You don't see lame animals in the wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.
In the wild struggle for existance, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place.