indoctrinate (someone) with (something)

indoctrinate (someone) with (something)

To teach someone something in particular. No wonder your kids have such bad anxiety—you've indoctrinated them with a fear of everything under the sun!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

indoctrinate someone with something

to teach someone the official or fundamental knowledge about something. They indoctrinated all their spies with the importance of being loyal to the death. Ken indoctrinated Todd with revolutionary thinking.
See also: indoctrinate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • indoctrinate with
  • panic (one) by (doing something)
  • panic by
  • panic at
  • panic at (something)
  • spare (one's) feelings
  • spare somebody's feelings
  • sparing
  • cross a bridge before one comes to it
  • cross a/that bridge before (one) comes to it