alienate from

alienate (one) from

1. To isolate or estrange one from something. Her status as the teacher's pet alienated Lisa from her peers.
2. To cause a person or group to reject something. The candidate alienated many potential voters from his party when he insulted blue-collar workers.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: alienate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • alienate
  • alienate (one) from
  • fall over (oneself) to (do something)
  • fall over oneself
  • fall over yourself
  • fall over yourself to do something
  • be dead set against (someone or something)
  • be dead set against something
  • be set against (something)
  • be set against something/against doing something
References in classic literature
The right thing was to correct them severely, if they were other than a credit to the family, but still not to alienate from them the smallest rightful share in the family shoebuckles and other property.
The Mill on the Floss