bring into the fold

Because those legal proceedings are all under the cloak of secrecy and we’re not able to see them, the family was the only one we could bring into the fold to explain what it’s like when this happens to you.

The direct action “alienates many people we need to bring into the fold. People who are natural allies in the climate battle but will draw negative associations with climate advocacy and activism from such acts,” climate scientist Michael Mann told the Associated Press.

Is there anyone you’d like to bring into the fold if you get to make a Season 4?

“We were looking for more diverse … just more opinions, more different people to bring into the fold here,” he said.

NPR wants to “continue cultivating a deeper sort of loyalty and serving them with our content, but also letting them see that there’s this new, younger audience that we can also bring into the fold.”