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Phrase(s): go public (with something)
1. to sell to the public shares of a privately owned company. (Securities markets.) • The company decided not to go public because the economy was so bad at the time. • We’ll go public at a later time. 2. to reveal something to the public. • It’s too early to go public with the story. • Just let me know when we can go public with this press release.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Become a publicly held company, that is, issue ownership shares in the form of stock. For example, As soon as the company grows a little bigger and begins to show a profit, we intend to go public. [Mid1900s]
American Heritage Idioms