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Make a citizen out of somebody
citizen out of, make a
a coined phrase meaning to get a person to operate in the manner of or to the standard expected of a particular group and its members; to initiate or orient, as to the way things are, the realities of a situation. What would be the equivalent in Spanish? Hacer de ti un ciudadano de provecho? Enseñarte lo que vale un peine? Any other ideas?
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