go Hollywood

verb

To adapt one's lifestyle in order to pursue fame; especially, to debase oneself by adopting decadent culture.

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Meanings

verbgo Hollywood (third-person singular simple present goes Hollywood, present participle going Hollywood, simple past went Hollywood, past participle gone Hollywood)

present singular third person goes Hollywood · participle present going Hollywood · past went Hollywood · participle past gone Hollywood

  1. idiomaticinformalTo 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

Origin

See Hollywood § Etymology.

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APA

go Hollywood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20Hollywood

MLA

“go Hollywood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20Hollywood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go Hollywood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20Hollywood.

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