go as (someone or something)

go as (someone or something)

To attend a party or other social gathering in costume or dressed up to resemble someone or something. I'm going as Marilyn Monroe—how about you? A: "We should go as fairies!" B: "Yes! I already have a pair of sparkly wings from an old Halloween costume."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go as someone or something

to pretend to be someone or a type of person. There's a costume party this weekend. I'm going as Santa Claus. My husband and I are going as a king and queen.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • go as
  • go to (something) as (someone or something)
  • look like
  • look like (someone or something)
  • trick or treat
  • emerge from (something) as (something)
  • after the fashion of
  • after the fashion of (someone or something)
  • after the fashion of somebody/something
  • dressed to kill