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alienate (one) from (someone)

To isolate or estrange one from someone. Her status as the teacher's pet alienated Lisa from her peers. What did you tell my daughter about me, huh? How did you alienate her from me? My sisters' intelligence has always alienated me from them. They're great students, whereas I couldn't care less about school and would rather be making music.
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alienate (one) from (something)

To cause a person or group to reject something. The candidate alienated many potential voters from his party when he insulted blue-collar workers. I pushed my kids so hard to get good grades that I ended up alienating them from school. You're their mom, which means that, as soon as you show an interest in something, you've likely already alienated your teen kids from it.
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alienate someone from someone or something

to cause someone to feel negative about someone or something. The teacher alienated the entire class from the subject of calculus.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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