come in from the cold (English, verb)
expansion: come in from the cold (third-person singular simple present comes in from the cold, present participle coming in from the cold, simple past came in from the cold, past participle come in from the cold)
expansion: (intransitive, idiomatic)
Senses:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: comes in from the cold
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming in from the cold
tags: participle
present
form: came in from the cold
tags: past
form: come in from the cold
tags: participle
past
form: come in out of the cold
tags: alternative