return to the fold

Idioms  

1. Come 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.

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Example Sentences

Things will get really interesting when some of the injured stars return to the fold.

From BBC

He has spent the years since chewing over his vendetta against McCain, long after the senator passed away, putting him well beyond any effort to return to the fold.

From Salon

After stewing for a few days, Harrison agreed to return to the fold if the group agreed to scrap their plans for staging a concert and abandon Twickenham in favor of their newly built basement studio at Apple’s Savile Row headquarters.

From Salon

He did return to the fold in England's pre-World Cup training squad but failed to claim a place in the final squad.

From BBC

In theory, if England winger Sancho were to offer a public apology for his now-deleted inflammatory "scapegoat" social media post in response to Ten Hag's explanation for why he was omitted from United's squad for the defeat by Arsenal on 3 September, he could return to the fold.

From BBC