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go native (humorous) if you say that someone living in a foreign country has gone native, you mean that they have lost some of their own character because they have started to behave like the people in that country After a month in Egypt he went native, swapping his linen suit for a pair of wide trousers and a loose tunic. go native to become like the people who have lived in a place for a long time Brian moved to Los Angeles seven years ago, and I think he's finally gone native. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That six college students in London should require more brain activity than Italian students in decoding words ("Readers' brains go native," SN: 1/22/00, p. She points out that the work by Taylor and Pang gives a much different view of hula than that held by most Mainlanders--the hip-swaying hula popularized and stereo-typed decades ago by Hollywood through Jeanette MacDonald in Let's Go Native (1930) and Shirley Temple in Curly Top (1935), or in songs like Honolulu Hula Girl, written to entertain tourists and radio audiences. |
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