go public
1. To publicize or reveal something. When do you guys plan to go public with your relationship? Those ruthless reporters are determined to go public on this scandal with no regard for the lives they'll destroy in the process. How did you know Allison's pregnant? I didn't think she'd gone public with that information yet.
2. To become a publicly traded company (which requires issuing shares of stock for sale). That company stands to make a lot of money from going public. My son retired at 40 after his hugely popular startup company went public and earned him an enormous payout. You really need to be sure that your business has consistent, predictable revenue before you can go public.
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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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
go public
COMMON
1. If you go public, you make something known to a lot of people, especially through the TV, newspapers, etc. Railtrack and the government went public with their plans for the west coast main line. Several ministers went public to deny the claims.
2. If a company goes public, it stops being privately owned, and people can buy shares in it. On May 14, Rambus, a microchip maker, went public.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
go public
1 become a public company. 2 reveal details about a previously private concern.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
go ˈpublic
1 (of a company) sell shares to the public: We’re hoping to go public early next year.
2 make a public statement about a private matter because you think this is the right thing to do: He decided to go public about his drug problem in order to warn other athletes of the dangers.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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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