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go Hollywood

go Hollywood verb: to adapt one's lifestyle in order to pursue fame; especially, to debase oneself by adopting decadent culture.

Verb

go Hollywood (third-person singular simple present goes Hollywood, present participle going Hollywood, simple past went Hollywood, past participle gone Hollywood)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To adapt one's lifestyle in order to pursue fame; especially, to debase oneself by adopting decadent culture.
    • They'll put you in the movies, you'll have your video
      And if you're young and sexy, you'll be rollin' in the dough
      You'll sell a million records, so that must mean you're good
      Move on over, Ernest Tubb, Nashville's gone Hollywood2002, Heather Myles, “Nashville's Gone Hollywood”, in Sweet Talk and Good Lies, performed by Heather Myles

Forms of go Hollywood

third-person singular presentgoes Hollywood
present participlegoing Hollywood
pastwent Hollywood
past participlegone Hollywood

Origin of go Hollywood

See Hollywood § Etymology.

Questions about go Hollywood

What does go Hollywood mean?
Go Hollywood means to adapt one's lifestyle in order to pursue fame; especially, to debase oneself by adopting decadent culture.
What part of speech is go Hollywood?
Go Hollywood is a verb.
What is the past tense of go Hollywood?
The past tense of go Hollywood is went Hollywood.

Words near go Hollywood in the dictionary

  1. go hard in the paint
  2. go hard or go home
  3. go hard with someone
  4. go haywire
  5. go Holland
  6. go Hollywood
  7. go home
  8. go hor lan
  9. go horlan
  10. go horribly right
  11. go hostile

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