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went Hollywood

went Hollywood is the simple past of go Hollywood.

Meaning of go Hollywood

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

Questions about went Hollywood

What is went Hollywood the simple past of?
Went Hollywood is the simple past of go Hollywood.

Words near went Hollywood in the dictionary

  1. went hand in hand
  2. went hang
  3. went hard
  4. went hard in the paint
  5. went haywire
  6. went Hollywood
  7. went home
  8. went horribly right
  9. went hostile
  10. went hungry
  11. went in

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