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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. Well 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.

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go public

to become a company in which anyone can invest It's the latest Internet company to go public and then immediately go bankrupt.

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go public (with something)

to make something known that was secret before If she goes public with her story, the school's reputation will suffer.

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go public

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 . [Mid-1900s]

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go public

1. in. to sell to the public shares of a privately owned company. (Securities markets.) We’ll go public at a later time.

2. in. to reveal something to the public. (Especially with with, as in the examples.) Just let me know when we can go public with this.

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