phrasal verb · neutral
go public
UK/ɡəʊ ˈpʌblɪk/US/ɡoʊ ˈpʌblɪk/go PUB·lic
speakingtask2
to make information widely known; also to offer shares of a company for sale to the public
Examples
“The politician refused to go public about his private life.”
“The startup plans to go public next year through an IPO.”
“The university went public with the findings of the study.”
Band 8 sentence
“After months of speculation the firm went public, raising substantial capital for expansion.”
Collocations
- go public with the results
- go public through an IPO
Word family
public adj/npublicly adv
Common mistakes
be public→go public
open to public→go public
Say it for a higher band
5announce→6make public→7+go public
Synonyms
make public
announce
Easily confused
make public
“The company decided to make public the audit results.”
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