COME IN FROM THE COLD Definition & Meaning

come in from the cold

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, come in out of the cold . Return to shelter and safety, be welcomed into a group. For example, Bill was fed up with traveling on his own for the company and hoped they'd let him come in from the cold , or After years of not being invited to join, Steve was finally asked to come in out of the cold . This phrase, generally used figuratively, gained currency in the 1960s with John LeCarré's best-selling spy novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , about a long-time British spy in the cold war who longed to abandon the dirty tricks of his profession. Also see come in out of the rain .

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But it may provide cover to prominent donors like Ken Griffin who in recent weeks has suggested that he might come in from the cold and donate to Trump.

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Mitchell’s sassy vocals matched the hard-kicking tempo on one of the night’s reveling rockers, before cooling off with “Come in From the Cold” and the hazy soft rocker “Amelia.”

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Mitchell performed a slow and sultry take on 1991’s “Come in From the Cold” that reminded you how much she did to vibe-ify singer-songwriter music — to create an atmosphere to flesh out the words and melodies of a song.

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Mitchell took the stage alongside Brandi Carlile and friends in her first full-length performance since 2002, performing “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Shine,” “Help Me” and “Come In From the Cold.”

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Young pretender Noah Lolesio was ruled out with concussion, leaving Bernard Foley to come in from the cold after three years out and finish as the Wallabies first-choice playmaker.

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