单词 | return to the fold |
释义 | return to the foldCome back to a group after an absence, as in Matthew taught for a number of years, but now he's returned to the fold as vice-president of the firm. This term employs fold in the sense of “an enclosure for sheep,” which has been used figuratively since the first half of the 1300s. Words nearby return to the foldreturn on net assets, return receipt, return stroke, return the compliment, return ticket, return to the fold, retuse, retweet, Retz, Reuben, Reubenite The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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