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Make a citizen out of somebody

Make a citizen out of somebody

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March 25, 2011, 08:42 PM

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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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