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go Hollywood

idiom
Meaning

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


Origin

disputed origin

See Hollywood § Etymology.

Examples
SIMPLE

He started acting strange after he went Hollywood.

CONTEXTUAL

Once he became a famous actor, he went Hollywood and stopped talking to his old friends.

COMPLEX

The small-town musician went Hollywood, trading his humble roots for a life of excess and superficial celebrity culture.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

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