go native

go native
   to adopt the prevalent attitudes of an institution
   Falling in line with the lifestyle of the indigenous peoples. The phrase is used of politicians whose enthusiasm and fresh ideas are thwarted by bureaucrats:
    When a Minister is so house-trained that he automatically sees everything from the Civil Service point-of-view, this is known in Westminster as the Minister having 'gone native'. (Lynn and Jay, 1981)
   More generally of anyone surrendering to a prevailing dogmatism:
    [Bishop] Wienken went native to the extent of being sharply disowned by Cardinal Michael Faulhauber. (Burleigh, 2000 — the Bishop had appeared to approve Nazi euthanasia in 1940 and was later to become involved in negotiations with Eichmann)

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