come in from

English

Etymology

Shortening of come in from the cold.

Verb

come in from (third-person singular simple present comes in from, present participle coming in from, simple past came in from, past participle come in from)

  1. To change to a new side in a conflict; to return from a period of exclusion; to accept after a history of not accepting. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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