go public

phrase

: to make a public disclosure

Examples of go public in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Robinhood landed its first IPO underwriting assignment, a sign that retail investors — long an afterthought for companies going public — are a fan base worth courting. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The crash came one day after the airline went public in a stock sale. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

An analysis by Redfin that looked at how much employees at both companies stand to gain potentially from the companies going public estimated that the combined IPO earnings would be enough to buy nearly one-third of all homes in San Francisco. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

The university, like campuses nationwide, is barred by federal privacy law from discussing individual discipline cases or internal deliberations, even when a student goes public. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go public

• nonpublic
• republic
• semipublic