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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.

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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.