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go native

idiom
Meaning

To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region.


Examples
SIMPLE

He moved to the island and started to go native.

CONTEXTUAL

After living in the remote village for five years, he began to go native and adopted all the local customs.

COMPLEX

The diplomat was warned that if he stayed too long, he might go native and lose his objective perspective on the region.

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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