go public

go public

1. To publicize or reveal something. When do you guys plan to go public with your relationship?
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.
See also: go, public
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: go, public
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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]
See also: go, public
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

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.
See also: go, public
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

go public

1 become a public company. 2 reveal details about a previously private concern.
See also: go, public
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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.
See also: go, public
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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.
See also: go, public
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on condition (that)
  • on condition that
  • turkey bacon
  • a hatchet man
  • hatchet man
  • tiger in (one's) tank
  • a tiger in your tank
  • company
  • put in touch with
  • put somebody in touch with somebody/something
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