Native Idiom, Proverb

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go native|go|native

v. phr. To behave like a native (said of European Americans in tropical countries). Mainlanders often go native in Hawaii.

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Adopt another people's way of life, especially that of a culture from a less developed country. For example, Ben's decided to go native, sleeping in a hammock and eating all kinds of strange foods. This expression is closely associated with the often contemptuous view British colonists had of indigenous peoples. [c. 1900]

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to adopt the mode of life, often one less complicated, of the native inhabitants