phrasal verb · neutral
bring into the fold
UK/brɪŋ ˌɪntə ðə fəʊld/US/brɪŋ ˌɪn·tə ðə foʊld/bring·in·to·the·FOLD
to include someone or something as a member of a group or system
Examples
“The programme aims to bring smallholder farmers into the fold of formal markets.”
“After the merger, several startups were brought into the fold of the larger company.”
“Educational reforms should bring marginalized communities into the fold of mainstream schooling.”
Band 8 sentence
“Successful community initiatives bring informal vendors into the fold of regulated urban economies.”
Collocations
- bring X into the fold
- bring marginalized groups into the fold
Word family
Common mistakes
use 'include' every time instead of idiom→bring into the fold
literal translation 'bring into fold' without 'the'→bring into the fold
Say it for a higher band
5include→6integrate→7+bring into the fold
Synonyms
integrate
include
Easily confused
integrate
“The programme integrates disadvantaged students into mainstream classes.”
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