She's gone a bit Howard Huges

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Hi, there.
Could you please explain to me what does that means?

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Hi, there.
Could you please explain to me what does that means?

Thank you, in advance, for your reply.


Context?

Howard Hughes was well known for his extremely strange behaviour and reclusive lifestyle.
 

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Well, I should have said that what bothering me is the construction has gone a bit beign used here.
First of all may we say that she has gone = she become?
Is she become like a Howard Huges the same?

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Well, I should have said that what's bothering me is the construction has gone a bit beign used here.
First of all, can we say that she has gone = she has become?
Is she has become like [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] Howard Huges the same?

Thank you.

Yes, gone = has become (ex. This milk's gone sour). But "she has gone" is idiomatic.

ex. "he's gone mental"; saying "he has become mental" sounds strange because became is formal

You can say "she has become like Howard Hughes", but it's formal. "She's gone a bit Howard Hughes" is colloquial and also kind of funny.
 
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I'm sorry but I'm sort of disagreed with you that has gone (present perfect, i.e. connection with now) = became (past perfect). Would you mind comment on that?
 

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I'm sorry but I'm sort of disagreed with you that has gone (present perfect, i.e. connection with now) = became (past perfect). Would you mind comment on that?

Sorry I was going too fast trying to beat fivejedjon (blame him!).

has gone = has become
 
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