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- bring (someone) in from the cold
bring (someone) in from the cold
bring (someone) in from the cold
To allow someone to join or participate in a group from which he or she was previously excluded; to accept someone into a certain social setting. A relatively unknown director for most of her career, her work with the A-list celebrity garnered the attention of a major Hollywood studio and finally brought her in from the cold. The company finally brought its striking workers in from the cold after months of intense negotiations.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tanith | | - | Near Eastern Mythology |
Colten | | KOL-tən | English (Modern) |
Leif | | ['li:f] | |
Adelia | | ə-DEL-ee-ə (English) | English, Spanish |
Edison | | ED-i-sən | English |
Sheine | | - | Yiddish |