go public

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Cal Fire’s “Ready, Set, Go!” public awareness campaign became the face of those efforts.

From Los Angeles Times

The indictment in Manhattan concerns hush money payments made in the final days of the 2016 campaign to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic film star who had threatened to go public with her claim that she had a short affair with Mr. Trump a decade earlier.

From New York Times

“I’ve been deejaying for 15 years. I used it as a way to pay for bills, to make money when I wasn’t getting acting work … just recently this past year, I said I’m going to go public with it,” explained the multiformat DJ who performed a set at the John Wick after-party in New York following the premiere.

From Seattle Times

While the indictment has not been made public, a Manhattan grand jury has been investigating the payment of hush money to a professional stripper and adult film actress who threatened to go public with her allegation that Trump had an affair with her years before he won the White House.

From Washington Post

Mr. Huffman told The Times that despite the hardship caused by his decision to go public with his accusation against Mr. Schlapp, he does not regret it.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• admit
• blab
• communicate
• disclose
• give away
• leak
• publish
• reveal
• uncover