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go Hollywood en · VERB

Etymology

See Hollywood § Etymology.

Meanings

  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 Hollywood 2002, Heather Myles, “Nashville's Gone Hollywood”, in Sweet Talk and Good Lies, performed by Heather Myles:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
goes Hollywood Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gone Hollywood Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went Hollywood Tense=Past lexicographic
going Hollywood Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Coordinates

go country

Relateds

sell out