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the call of the wild
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the instinctive desire to return to a more primitive, untamed way of life, often associated with the wilderness or natural world
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Growing up so close to the forest, the child found it hard to resist the call of the wild, preferring the company of the trees to that of her peers.
Longing for adventure, she felt the call of the wild and decided to go on a hiking expedition deep into the wilderness.
