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take public

   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
take something public 
1. to make something known to the public. You gotta take it publicput it on the streeteven when it's none of your business. Don't take it public. You'll just get talked about.
2. to sell shares in a company to the general public. (Securities markets.) The board decided not to take the company public. We're going to take it public whenever the market looks good.
See also: public, take


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The key, though, is that opting to walk or take public transport, even just once a week, can make a big difference.
Additionally, people who take public transportation are more likely to get 30 minutes of exercise three times a week (22 percent) than people who have never taken public transportation (15 percent).
 
 
 
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