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Discover LudwigThe phrase "go native" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an idiom used to describe abandoning the life or values of a society that one was raised in in order to adapt to a new one. For example, "After living in the city for many years, Emily decided to go native and move to the countryside to live a simpler life."
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go native
verb
To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region; to become less refined under the influence of a less cultured, more primitive, or simpler social environment.
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Bowen says there is a misheld perception that special courts judges tend to "go native".
"Very often, you go native".
I go native!
Should I go native and plant chokeberry?
Go native Ice hockey is big here.
Western food is pricey so, go native.
Sir Naipaul really did go native.
The thing is, he won't go native.
To go native, contact the education ministry.
"I'm not going to go native.
WHEN I was 17, I tried to go native.
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