make a believer (out) of someone

make a believer (out) of someone
make a believer (out) of someone
to convince someone decisively about something. •

The game they played made a believer out of me; from now on, I'm betting on them.

It was an interesting discussion, but it did not make a believer out of me.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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