"go green" meaning in All languages combined

See go green on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: goes green [present, singular, third-person], going green [participle, present], went green [past], gone green [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> green}} go green (third-person singular simple present goes green, present participle going green, simple past went green, past participle gone green)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To implement certain lifestyle changes designed to help one live in a more ecologically friendly way. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-go_green-en-verb-2DvdCsnP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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