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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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Hot social networking site Facebook said Tuesday it has introduced a dual-class stock structure but has no plans to go public for the moment. Facebook changes stock structure but 'no plans to go public' by AFP / AFP Global Edition the Millcon Steel Industries Public Company Limited will be the third overseas firm to apply to go public on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by listing TDRs (Taiwan depository receipts) in Taiwan since the beginning of this year. Millcon Steel of Thailand applies to list TDRs on TWSE by The Taiwan Economic News The pipeline, though improving, isn't bursting with new listings: At the peak of the boom, dozens of companies filed to go public each month. IPOs: THE WAIT IS OVER by Peter Carbonara / BusinessWeek			go on strike go on the block go on to a better land go on tour go on with go one better go out in search of go out of business go out of fashion go out of service go out of way go out of way to go out on a limb go out the window go over big go over head go over like a lead balloon go over with a bang go over with a fine-tooth comb go overboard go past go pear-shaped Go piss up a rope! go places go postal go public go round in circles go round the houses go scot-free go separate ways go sky-high go so far as to go so far as to say go sour go south go spare go stag go straight go the distance go the extra mile go the limit go the way of all flesh go the way of the dodo go the whole hog go the whole nine yards go through go through channels go through fire and water go through hell go through hoops go through like a dose of salts			go overboard go own way go own way go own way go past go past go past Go Pat Go go pear-shaped Go Ped Go Peds Go pills Go pills Go pills Go piss up a rope! go places go places go places go places go places Go play in the traffic go postal go postal Go Pound Sand Go Pound Sand Up Your Ass go private go private go private go private go private go public go public with go public with go public with go public with Go raibh maith agat Go Rhino Spring Step Go Right Ahead go root go round go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round the bend go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go scot-free go separate ways go separate ways go separate ways go separate ways Go Server Client Protocol go shares go shares

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