From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin/from/out of the wildernessin/from/out of the wildernessTAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDsomeone who is in the wilderness does not have power or is not involved in something in an important way at a particular time the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 → wilderness
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in/from/out of the wilderness• What could I have done to keep him out of the wilderness? 