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Old March 25, 2011, 09:42 PM
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Question 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?

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